Common nase
Chondrostoma nasus
Near threatenedPhoto: André Karwath aka Aka · CC BY-SA 2.5
Fishherbivore
The nase is a silvery freshwater fish found in European rivers. It belongs to the carp family and migrates within rivers rather than venturing into the sea. Locals sometimes call it the sneep.
- Swims against river currents to reach breeding grounds
- Has a distinctive downturned mouth for scraping algae
- Shares its genus name with several similar fish species
FreshwaterEurope
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- Classification
- Fish
- Scientific name
- Chondrostoma nasus
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Regions in this directory
- Europe
- Diet
- herbivore
- Relative size
- medium
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened (NT)
