Species details : Tor tor (Hamilton, 1822)

Accepted scientific name:
Tor tor (Hamilton, 1822) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Tor tor  (Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms:
Barbus hexastichus (non McClelland, 1839) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Barbus hexastichus (non McClelland, 1839)
Barbus megalepis McClelland, 1839 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Barbus megalepis McClelland, 1839
Barbus tor (Hamilton, 1822) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Barbus tor (Hamilton, 1822)
Cyprinus tor Hamilton, 1822 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Cyprinus tor Hamilton, 1822
Neolissochilus hexastichus (non McClelland, 1839) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Neolissochilus hexastichus (non McClelland, 1839)
Puntius tor (Hamilton, 1822) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Puntius tor (Hamilton, 1822)
Tor hamiltoni Gray, 1834 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tor hamiltoni Gray, 1834
Tor hamiltonii Gray, 1834 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tor hamiltonii Gray, 1834
Tor mosal mahanadicus David, 1953 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tor mosal mahanadicus David, 1953
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Jonga pethia - Assamese India(Brahamaputra, Manas) Click here to show the literature
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Mahaseer - Bengali India(West Bengal) Click here to show the literature
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Mahashoal - Bengali India(Manu, Dhalai, Burigang) Click here to show the literature
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Mahasol - Bengali India(West Bengal) Click here to show the literature
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Mohashol - Bengali Bangladesh Click here to show the literature
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Putitor - Bengali India(West Bengal) Click here to show the literature
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Tor - Bengali India(West Bengal) Click here to show the literature
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Tor mahseer - Bengali Bangladesh Click here to show the literature
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মহাশুল - Bengali Bangladesh
Nga-dauk - Burmese Myanmar Click here to show the literature
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Mahsír mahansdanský - Czech - Click here to show the literature
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Parma indická - Czech - Click here to show the literature
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Almindelig mahseer - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Mahseer - English India(India) Click here to show the literature
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Mahseer - English Myanmar Click here to show the literature
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Mahseer - English Nepal Click here to show the literature
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Mahseer - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Mahsier - English Bangladesh Click here to show the literature
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Tor mahseer - English India Click here to show the literature
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Mahseeri - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Peruval - Kannada India(Karnataka) Click here to show the literature
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ಪರುವಾಲ್  - Kannada India
Khomet - Khasi India(Simsang, Kynshi) Click here to show the literature
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Mahseer - Malayalam India(Kerala) Click here to show the literature
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Meruval - Malayalam India(Kerala) Click here to show the literature
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Yel kadantha - Malayalam India(Kerala) Click here to show the literature
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മഹസീര്  - Malayalam India
മെറുവള്  - Malayalam India
യെല് കടന്ത  - Malayalam India
結魚 Jie yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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结鱼 Jie yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Khadchi - Marathi India(Maharashtra) Click here to show the literature
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Mesta - Marathi India(Maharashtra) Click here to show the literature
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खादची - Marathi India
मिसता - Marathi India
Sahar - Nepali Nepal(Trisuli River) Click here to show the literature
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Sor - Nepali Nepal Click here to show the literature
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सहर - Nepali India
सोर - Nepali India
Usach-tor - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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Махсир - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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Rödfenad mahseer - Swedish Sweden Click here to show the literature
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Pon meen - Tamil India(Tamilnadu) Click here to show the literature
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Poomin kendai - Tamil India(Tamilnadu) Click here to show the literature
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பூமீன் கென்டை - Tamil India
பொன் மீன் - Tamil India
பொன் மீன் - Tamil India
Pedha polika - Telugu India(Andhra Pradesh) Click here to show the literature
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పెద పోలిక  - Telugu India
Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Cypriniformes FishBase
Family Cyprinidae FishBase
Genus Tor FishBase
Distribution: Asia: Pakistan, India, Bangladesh (Ref. 4832), Myanmar (Ref. 41236), Nepal (Ref. 9496) and Bhutan (Ref. 9418).
Lifezones: Freshwater
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=4644
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd91e5b3-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401