Chirruh snowtrout

Chirruh snowtrout
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Schizothorax
Species: S. esocinus
Binomial name
Schizothorax esocinus
(Heckel, 1838)

The Chirruh snowtrout (Schizothorax esocinus) is a species of cyprinid fish found in Asia.

Biology

Found mostly in mountain streams, rivers and gravel-bottomed rivers. They feed on bottom detritus and spawn to incoming streams where breeding occurs in gravel and sandy beds.[1]

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