Tor (genus)
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Tor is a genus of cyprinid
fish that contains the majority of the species known as mahseer
s. The 20 species are found in Asia
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Cyprinid
The family Cyprinidae, from the Ancient Greek kyprînos , consists of the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives . Commonly called the carp family or the minnow family, its members are also known as cyprinids...
fish that contains the majority of the species known as mahseer
Mahseer
Mahseer is the common name used for the genera Tor, Neolissochilus, and Naziritor in the family Cyprinidae . The name Mahseer is however more often restricted to members of the genus Tor...
s. The 20 species are found in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
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Species
- Tor ater T. R. Roberts, 1999
- Tor barakae Arunkumar & Basudha, 2003 (Barakae mahseer)
- Tor douronensis (ValenciennesAchille ValenciennesAchille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...
, 1842) (khela mahseer, Semah mahseer, river carp) - Tor hemispinus Y. R. Chen & X. L. Chu, 1985
- Tor khudreeTor khudreeThe Deccan Mahseer or Black Mahseer is a large freshwater game fish of the Carp family found in fast flowing rivers of India. The local name is Mahseer or Maha seer and this was considered as one of the greatest of game fish in India...
(SykesWilliam Henry SykesColonel William Henry Sykes, FRS was an Indian Army officer, politician and ornithologist.Sykes was born near Bradford in Yorkshire, and joined the Bombay Army, a part of the armed forces of the Honourable East India Company, in 1804, returning to Britain in 1837...
, 1839) (Black mahseer, Deccan mahseer) - Tor kulkarnii Menon, 1992 (Dwarf mahseer)
- Tor laterivittatus W. Zhou & G. H. Cui, 1996
- Tor macrolepis (HeckelJohann Jakob HeckelJohann Jakob Heckel was an Austrian taxidermist, zoologist, and ichthyologist from Mannheim.Though not a formally trained zoologist he worked his way up through the ranks to eventually become the director of the Fish Collection at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna...
, 1838) - Tor malabaricus (JerdonThomas C. JerdonThomas Caverhill Jerdon was a British physician, zoologist and botanist. He is best remembered for his pioneering works on the ornithology of India...
, 1849) (Malabar mahseer) - Tor polylepis W. Zhou & G. H. Cui, 1996
- Tor progeneius (McClelland, 1839) (Jungha mahseer)
- Tor putitoraTor putitoraTor putitora, the Putitor mahseer, is a species of cyprinid fish that is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh , Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. It is a popular gamefish and can reach lengths of up to 2.75 meters though fish of this size are now quite rare....
(F. HamiltonFrancis Buchanan-HamiltonDr Francis Buchanan, later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton was a Scottish physician who made significant contributions as a geographer, zoologist, and botanist while living in India.The standard botanical author abbreviation Buch.-Ham. is applied to...
, 1822) (Himalayan mahseer, Golden mahseer, Putitor mahseer) - Tor qiaojiensis H. W. Wu, 1977
- Tor remadevii Kurup & Radhakrishnan, 2011
- Tor sinensis H. W. Wu, 1977 (Chinese mahseer)
- Tor soro (ValenciennesAchille ValenciennesAchille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...
, 1842) - Tor tambra (ValenciennesAchille ValenciennesAchille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...
, 1842) - Tor tambroides (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1854) (Malayan mahseer, Thai mahseer) - Tor tor (F. HamiltonFrancis Buchanan-HamiltonDr Francis Buchanan, later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton was a Scottish physician who made significant contributions as a geographer, zoologist, and botanist while living in India.The standard botanical author abbreviation Buch.-Ham. is applied to...
, 1822) (Red-finned mahseer, Short-gilled mahseer, Deep-bodied mahseer, Tor barb) - Tor yingjiangensis Z. M. Chen & J. X. Yang, 2004
- Tor yunnanensisTor yunnanensisTor yunnanensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.It is found only in China.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. . Downloaded on 10 July 2007....
(Y. H. Wang, D. D. Zhuang & L. C. Gao, 1982)