Schizothorax esocinus, Chirruh snowtrout : fisheries, gamefish

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Schizothorax esocinus Heckel, 1838

Chirruh snowtrout
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Schizothoracinae
Etymology: Schizothorax: Greek, schizein = to divide * Greek, thorax = breast (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Heckel.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic; potamodromous (Ref. 51243). Tropical

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Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India. Also reported from Nepal (Ref. 6351) and China (Ref. 33800).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 99731)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in mountain streams, rivers and lakes (Ref. 41236). Inhabits sandy and gravel-bottomed rivers (Ref. 12045). Herbivore, feeding on bottom detritus (Ref. 40974). Mature adults undertake spawning migration to incoming streams where they breed amidst gravel and sandy beds (Ref. 40974). Fry always occur in quiet parts of the streams or in the side branches of the main streams.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Mature adults undertake spawning migration to incoming streams where they breed amidst gravel and sandy beds (Ref. 40974).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Menon, A.G.K., 1999. Check list - fresh water fishes of India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Misc. Publ., Occas. Pap. No. 175, 366 p. (Ref. 41236)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Vulnerable (VU) (A2cde+3cde); Date assessed: 29 February 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00955 (0.00755 - 0.01208), b=3.03 (2.98 - 3.08), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.0   ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (45 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 440 [252, 780] mg/100g; Iron = 7.17 [2.18, 13.99] mg/100g; Protein = 16 [15, 17] %; Omega3 = 0.221 [0.101, 0.471] g/100g; Selenium = 211 [65, 676] μg/100g; VitaminA = 43.9 [17.2, 109.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 4.72 [3.01, 6.71] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.