Tor (fish)
Tor is a genus of cyprinid fish commonly known as mahseers.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Tor J. E. Gray, 1833 |
| Type species | |
| Tor hamiltonii Gray, 1834 | |
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Golden mahseer (Tor putitora) Babai River, Nepal
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
- Tor ater T. R. Roberts, 1999
- Tor dongnaiensis H. Đ. Hoàng, H. M. Phạm, J.-D. Durand, N. T. Trần & P. D. Phan, 2015 (Dongnai mahseer) [1]
- Tor douronensis (Valenciennes, 1842) (semah)
- Tor hemispinus Y. R. Chen & X. L. Chu, 1985
- Tor khudree (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) [1]
- Tor mekongensis H. Đ. Hoàng, H. M. Phạm, J.-D. Durand, N. T. Trần & P. D. Phan, 2015 (Mekong mahseer) [1]
- Tor polylepis W. Zhou & G. H. Cui, 1996
- Tor putitora (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Himalayan mahseer)
- Tor cf. putitora largest known species of cavefish[2]
- Tor remadevii Kurup & Radhakrishnan, 2007 [3] (orange-finned mahseer)
- Tor sinensis H. W. Wu, 1977 (Chinese mahseer)
- Tor tambra (Valenciennes, 1842)
- Tor tambroides (Bleeker, 1854) (Malayan mahseer, empurau)
- Tor tor (F. Hamilton, 1822) (red-finned mahseer)
- Tor yingjiangensis Z. M. Chen & J. X. Yang, 2004
References
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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