Common snowtrout

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]

Common Snow Trout from Mahakali River along India-Nepal border

Common snowtrout
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Schizothorax
Species:
S. richardsonii
Binomial name
Schizothorax richardsonii
Synonyms
  • Cyprinus richardsonii Gray, 1832
  • Oreinus richardsonii (Gray, 1832)
  • Barbus maculatus McClelland, 1838
  • Oreinus maculatus (McClelland, 1838)
  • Barbus guttatus McClelland, 1838
  • Oreinus guttatus (McClelland, 1838)
  • Gonorhynchus petrophilus McClelland, 1839
  • Diptychus annandalei Regan, 1907

References
  1. Chen, X.-Y. & Yang, J. (2008). "Schizothorax richardsonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2012.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Schizothorax richardsonii" in FishBase. April 2006 version.


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