Common nase

Common nase
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Chondrostoma
Species:
C. nasus
Binomial name
Chondrostoma nasus
Synonyms
  • Cyprinus nasus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Chondrostoma ohridanum Karaman, 1924

The common nase (Chondrostoma nasus) is a European potamodromous cyprinid fish. It is often simply called the nase, but that can refer to any species of its genus Chondrostoma. Another name is sneep.

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