Common name of Schizothorax richardsonii
 
Common name Alawan snowtrout
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country India
Locality
Ref. Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
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Remarks Refers to the trout-like habitat and appearance of this cyprinid. 'trout' from Middle English from Old English 'truht' from Low Latin 'trocta, tructa', i.e., a fish with sharp teeth, from Greek 'troktes', i.e., gnawer, from 'trogein', i.e., to gnaw (p. 1266 in Ref. 11978).
 
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