Scientific Name: Tor tor (Hamilton, 1822)
English Name: Tor barb, Red-fin mahseer
Local/Bangla Name: Mohashol (মহাশোল), Lal-pakhna mohashol (লাল-পাখনা মহাশোল)
Photo: Balaram Mahalder (DoF, 2023)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Description:
Fin formula: D iv 8; A iii 5; P i 14-17; V i 8. Body shape is elongated and compressed. The ventral profile is more arched than dorsal profile. Head is comparatively smaller and pointed. Mouth small and inferior. It has two pairs of barbels and scales large. A scaly sheath is present on the base of dorsal and the last unbranched ray of dorsal fin is comparatively strong, smooth and osseous. Caudal fin is deeply forked. Color of the dorsal side is dark grey. Golden to pinkish on flanks and abdomen is silvery with slightly golden tinge.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occur in the hilly streams of Mymensingh (rivers Kangsha, Someswari), Sunamganj (Para river), Dinajpur (Mohananda river) and Chittagong Hill Tracts (Karnafuli reservoir).
Environment:
Freshwater (Benthopelagic; potamodromous)
References:
Rahman AKA (2005) Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh. 2nd ed. Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. xviii + 394 pp.
Siddiqui KU, Islam MA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hasan MA, Khondker M and Rahman MM (eds.) (2007) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh. Vol. 23. Freshwater Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. 300+xxxi. pp.
Giri SS ed, 2017 Monographs on Threatened Freshwater Fishes of South Asia. SAARC Agriculture Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 305 p.
DoF Bangladesh. 2023. Album: Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh, Dhaka. 200 pp.
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