Common snowtrout
| Common snowtrout | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Schizothorax |
| Species: | S. richardsonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Schizothorax richardsonii (J. E. Gray, 1832)[2]
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The common snowtrout or snowtrout (however other species in the genus are also called snowtrout) (Schizothorax richardsonii) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Schizothorax. It is found in the Himalayan region of India, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. It lives in mountain rivers among rocks, feeding on algae, aquatic plants and detritus, they breed in April and May. They are much sought after as a food fish.[2] It is threatened by a number of factors including overfishing, pollution, the damming of rivers and the introduction of exotic fish, particularly salmonids and the population is declining.[1]
References
- ^ a b Chen, X.-Y.; Yang, J. (2008). "Schizothorax richardsonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help); Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Schizothorax richardsonii" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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