Terek nase

Terek nase
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Chondrostoma
Species:
C. oxyrhynchum
Binomial name
Chondrostoma oxyrhynchum
Kessler, 1877

The Terek nase (Chondrostoma oxyrhynchum) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae.[2] It is distributed in rivers of the western Caspian Sea basin, in Azerbaijan and Russia. It prefers fast-flowing waters in the foothill and mountain ranges, with rocky or gravel bottoms.

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