Golden mahseer (Tor putitora) Babai River

''Tor'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomencla ...

cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest ver ...

fish commonly known as

mahseer Mahseer is the common name used for the genera '' Tor'', '' Neolissochilus'', '' Naziritor'' and '' Parator'' in the family Cyprinidae (carps). The name is, however, more often restricted to members of the genus ''Tor''.Sen TK, Jayaram KC, 1982. ...

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' Tor ater'' T. R. Roberts, 1999 * ''

Tor dongnaiensis ''Tor dongnaiensis'', common name Dongnai manseer, is a species of cyprinid of the genus '' Tor''. It inhabits Vietnam's Đồng Nai and is considered harmless to humans. It has a maximum length among unsexed males of . Described in 2015, it has ...

'' H. Đ. Hoàng, H. M. Phạm, J.-D. Durand, N. T. Trần & P. D. Phan, 2015 (Dongnai mahseer) Hoàng Huy Đức, Phạm Hùng Mạnh, Durand, J.-D., Trần Ngân Trọng & Phan Phúc Đình (2015): Mahseers genera ''Tor'' and ''Neolissochilus'' (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from southern Vietnam. ''Zootaxa, 4006 (3): 551-568.'' * '' Tor douronensis'' (

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, 1842) (semah) * '' Tor hemispinus'' Y. R. Chen & X. L. Chu, 1985 * ''

Tor khudree ''Tor khudree'', the Deccan mahseer, Khudree mahseer, or black mahseer, is a freshwater fish of the carp family found in major rivers and reservoirs of India and Sri Lanka. Found throughout India, following large-scale introductions of artificia ...

'' ( Sykes, 1839) (black mahseer) * '' Tor kulkarnii'' Menon, 1992 (dwarf mahseer) * '' Tor laterivittatus'' W. Zhou & G. H. Cui, 1996 *'' Tor malabaricus'' Jerdon, 1849 (Malabar mahseer) * '' Tor mosal'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) * '' Tor mekongensis'' H. Đ. Hoàng, H. M. Phạm, J.-D. Durand, N. T. Trần & P. D. Phan, 2015 (Mekong mahseer) * '' Tor polylepis'' W. Zhou & G. H. Cui, 1996 * ''

Tor putitora ''Tor putitora'', the Putitor mahseer, Himalayan mahseer, or golden mahseer, is an endangered species of cyprinid fish that is found in rapid streams, riverine pools, and lakes in the Himalayan region. Its native range is within the basins of th ...

'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (Himalayan mahseer) *''Tor cf. putitora'' largest known species of

cavefish Cavefish or cave fish is a generic term for fresh and brackish water fish adapted to life in caves and other underground habitats. Related terms are subterranean fish, troglomorphic fish, troglobitic fish, stygobitic fish, phreatic fish and hypog ...

Dan Harries, Thomas Arbenz, Neelesh Dahanukar, Rajeev Raghavan, Mark Tringham, Duwaki Rangad and Graham Proudlove. 2019
The World’s Largest Known Subterranean Fish: A Discovery in Meghalaya (NE India) of A Cave-adapted Fish related to the Golden Mahseer, ''Tor putitora'' (Hamilton 1822).
''Cave & Karst Science.'' ''46(3)''; 121–126. * ''

Tor remadevii ''Tor remadevii'', the orange-finned mahseer, also known as the hump-backed mahseer, is a critically endangered species of freshwater fish endemic to the Western Ghats of India. It is restricted to the Kaveri river basin. It can be distingui ...

'' Kurup &

Radhakrishnan Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (; 5 September 1888 – 17 April 1975), natively Radhakrishnayya, was an Indian philosopher and statesman. He served as the 2nd President of India from 1962 to 1967. He also 1st Vice President of India from 1952 ...

, 2007 Kurup, B.M. & Radhakrishnan, K.V. (2011): ''Tor remadevii'', a new species of ''Tor'' (Gray) from Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Pambar River, Kerala, Southern India. ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 107 (3): 227-230.'' (orange-finned mahseer) * ''

Tor sinensis ''Tor sinensis'', the ''Chinese'' or ''Red mahseer'' is a species of mahseer native to the Mekong River. It is known with certainty only from Yunnan, China; reports from Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand require confirmation. It is one of four curre ...

'' H. W. Wu, 1977 (Chinese mahseer) * '' Tor tambra'' (

, 1842) * ''

Tor tambroides ''Tor tambroides'', known as empurau in Malay, is a species of mahseer native to Southeast Asia. Taxonomy It has been suggested that the species represents a junior synonym of '' Tor tambra''. ''T. tambra'', ''T. tambroides'' and '' T. dourone ...

'' ( Bleeker, 1854) (Malayan mahseer, empurau) * '' Tor tor'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (red-finned mahseer) * '' Tor yingjiangensis'' Z. M. Chen & J. X. Yang, 2004

References

Cyprinidae genera Cyprinid fish of Asia Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{Cyprinidae-stub