Tor is a genus of cyprinid fish commonly known as mahseers.

Tor
Tor tambroides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Tor
J. E. Gray, 1833
Type species
Tor hamiltonii
Gray, 1834
Golden mahseer (Tor putitora) Babai River, Nepal

Species

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The currently recognized species in this genus are:

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.