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| Terek nase | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Chondrostoma |
| Species: | C. oxyrhynchum
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| Binomial name | |
| Chondrostoma oxyrhynchum Kessler, 1877
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The Terek nase (Chondrostoma oxyrhynchum) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. 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.