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There are 531 species of fishes in Pakistan, of these, 233 are freshwater fish. [1] The mahseer is the national fish of Pakistan. Notopterus notoperus; Notopterus chitala; Naziritor zhobensis; Triplophysa stoliczkai - found only in Deosai; Diptyichus maculatus - found only in Deosai; Ptychobarbus conirostis - found only in Deosai
In India, many states have adopted mahseer as their State Fish. Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand all have the golden mahseer, Nagaland has the 'Chocolate mahseer', Neolissochilus hexagonolepis as their State Fish, Odisha has the fish known as 'Mahanadi mahseer', Tor mosal mahanadicus as its State Fish. [29]
Tor tor, commonly known as the tor mahseer or tor barb, is a species of cyprinid fish found in fast-flowing rivers and streams with rocky bottoms in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and Pakistan. It is a commercially important food and game fish .
India's hump-backed mahseer is one of the world's most prized game fish, yet it was a scientific enigma.
Tor putitora, the Golden Mahseer, Putitor mahseer, or Himalayan mahseer, is an endangered species of cyprinid fish that is found in rapid streams, riverine pools, and lakes in the Himalayan region. Its native range is within the basins of the Indus , Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers. [ 1 ]
Naziritor zhobensis, the Zhobi mahseer, is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Pakistan. ... Mahseer; References This page was last edited on 29 December ...
The Zhobi mahseer (Naziritor zhobensis) iof freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, which includes the carps, barbs and related fishes. The Zhobi mahseer is endemic to Pakistan. It was described by Dr. Muhammad Ramzan Mirza as Tor zhobensis in 1967 with its type locality given as the basin of the Zhob River in Pakistan. [2]
Among the reasons for the species' extreme threat status is the introduction of non-native mahseers Tor khudree [4] and Himalayan golden mahseer (Tor putitora) [5] to the wider Kaveri river basin. Also endangering this species is the heavy construction of dams along the Kaveri and tributaries, as well as the use of dynamite fishing. [6]