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Schizothorax curvifrons Heckel, 1838

Sattar snowtrout
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India country information

Common names: Dapeghat snowtrout, Grot snowtrout, Ladakh snowtrout
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Kashmir Valley, Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir (Ref. 41236) and Indus River at Skardu (Ref. 45255). Vulnerable (Ref. 41236). Also Ref. 4832.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Menon, A.G.K., 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> 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 Ecología

; agua dulce bentopelágico; potamodromo (Ref. 51243).   Subtropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India (Ref. 41236) and China (Ref. 41093). Reported from Iran (Ref. 39702), Uzbekistan (Ref. 11145), Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan (Ref. 1441).

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 19 - ? cm
Max length : 56.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 1441); peso máximo publicado: 1.3 kg (Ref. 4832)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabits river, lakes and swamps. Mature adults undertake spawning migration to incoming streams and breeding takes place amidst gravel and sandy beds (Ref. 40974). Spawning period is extremely protracted, from May until the beginning of August. Large specimens spawn earlier than the small ones. Diet consists of animals and plants (Ref. 1441).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Mature adults undertake spawning migration to incoming streams and breeding takes place amidst gravel and sandy beds (Ref. 40974).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991. Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. vol 1. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. i-liv + 1-541, 1 map (Ref. 4832)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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