Monday, November 23, 2009

Mahseer-The Golden Fish

Mahseer is the carp family Cyprinidae in the large scaly, and sport fish that is digilai and many in India and generally in South Asia.

This fish was originally described by Hamilton in 1822, and was first mentioned in the challenges of fishing in the Oriental Sporting Magazine in 1833, and later became a favorite pursuit of British anglers living in India. Golden Mahseer species known to reach 2.75 meters (9 feet) long and 54 kilograms (118 pounds) weight, although specimens of this rarely visible on this day.

Ikah Miller lived in rivers and lakes, and streams to rise rapidly and the policy-BATAN rocky river to spawn. Similar to other types of carp, they are not only omnivor and eat algae, crustaceans, insects, frogs, and other fish, but also the fruits that fall from the trees above.

Genus Tor:

* Mahseer Fin Red (Red-finned Mahseer) (also called "Short Mahseer gills" (Short-gilled) or "Mahseer Menghunjam Body" (Deep-bodied Mahseer): Tor tor (Hamilton)
* Golden Mahseer (Golden Mahseer) (also called "Mahseer Fin Yellow" (yellow-finned) or "Common Himalayan Mahseer" (Common Himalayan Mahseer): Tor putitora (Hamilton)
* Copper Mahseer (Copper Mahseer): Tor mosal (Hamilton)
* Jungha: Tor progeneius (McClelland)
* Mahseer Decca (Deccan Mahseer): Tor khudree (Sykes)
* Mahseer Rear High (High-backed Mahseer) (also called "Mahseer Ponok" (hump-backed) or "Mahseer South" (Southern Mahseer): Tor mussullah (Sykes)
* Mahseer Malaysia (Malaysian Mahseer): (also called fish or carp Miller Children Water Large (Greater Brook Carp): Tor tambroides
* Miller Stone (species not identified)

Genus Acrossocheilus:

* (Brown Chocolate Mahseer Mahseer): Acrossocheilus hexagonolepsis

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