The Chirruh snowtrout (''Schizothorax esocinus'') is a species of

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fish found in the Himalyays in Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Nepal and China.

Biology

Found mostly in mountain streams, rivers and gravel-bottomed rivers. They feed on bottom

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and they migrate to

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in tributary streams where breeding occurs in gravel and sandy beds.http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=24430&AT=Chirruh+Snowtrout
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References

Schizothorax Fish of Asia Fish described in 1838 {{Schizothorax-stub