''Tor kulkarnii'' (common name: dwarf mahseer) is a species of

cyprinid Cyprinidae is a Family (biology), family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barb (fish), barbs and barbel (fish), barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the ...

of the genus '' Tor''. It inhabits mountain streams in

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and has a maximum length among unsexed males of . It is classified as "data deficient" on the

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and is considered harmless to humans.

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kulkarnii Endemic fauna of India Cyprinid fish of Asia Freshwater fish of India Fish described in 1992 IUCN Red List data deficient species {{Cyprinidae-stub