Tor (fish)
Genus of fishes
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Tor is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes. The fishes in this genus, and some related genera, are commonly known as mahseers, though this genus is often distinguished as the true mahseer.[2][3]. These fishes are found in Asia.
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| Tor | |
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| Golden mahseer (Tor putitora) Babai River, Nepal | |
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| Tor tambroides, a controversial species | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Suborder: | Cyprinoidei |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Tor J. E. Gray, 1833[1] |
| Type species | |
| Tor hamiltonii Gray, 1834[1] | |
Species
Tor is distinguished from its relatives, such as Naziritor and Neolissochilus, by the presence of a median lobe on the mandible/lower lip.[4] The median lobe may alternatively be described as an "interrupted fold or groove".[5]
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[6][7]
- Tor ater Roberts, 1999 (dark mahseer)
- Tor barakae Arunkumar & Basudha, 2003
- Tor dongnaiensis H. Đ. Hoàng, H. M. Phạm, J.-D. Durand, N. T. Trần & P. D. Phan, 2015 (Dongnai mahseer)
- Tor douronensis (Valenciennes, 1842)
- 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 polylepis Zhou & Cui, 1996
- Tor putitora (Hamilton, 1822) (Himalayan mahseer)
- Tor remadeviae Kurup & Radhakrishnan, 2007 (orange-finned mahseer)
- Tor sattalensis Shahi et al., 2026[8][9]
- Tor sinensis H. W. Wu, 1977 (Chinese mahseer)
- Tor tambra (Valenciennes, 1842)
- Tor tambroides (Bleeker, 1854) (Malayan mahseer, empurau)
- Tor tor (Hamilton, 1822) (red-finned mahseer)
- Tor yingjiangensis Z. M. Chen & J. X. Yang, 2004 (Yingjiang mahseer)
The genetically distinct yellow mahseer of Sri Lanka, sometimes referred to as Tor khudree longispinis, may be recognized as its own species.[10]
The following cladogram is based on a phylogenetic tree rendered by maximum likelihood analysis of the first concatenated dataset from a 2024 study, with undescribed species being left unnamed or marked with cf.:[11]
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