Tor tor (Hamilton, 1822)

Sinha, Bikramjit, 2019, Ichthyofauna of Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh w. s. r. to Ranga River, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (2) : -

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v119/i2/2019/142748
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scientific name	Tor tor (Hamilton, 1822)
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5. Tor tor (Hamilton, 1822) View in CoL

1822. Cyprinus tor Hamilton, Fish Ganges , pp. 305, 388 (type locality, Mahananda river , West Bengal) .

1834. Tor hamiltonii Gray, Ill. Indian Zool. : no p. pl. 96, Figure 1, upper.

1839. Barbus megalepis McClelland, Asiatic Res. , 19 (2): 271, 337.

1853. Tor mosal mahanadicus var. David, J. Zool. Soc. India, 5 (2): 246, Figure 1a

Common name(s): Tor barb.

Local Name(s): Ngorika (Nyishi) Material examined: ZSI/ V / APFS / P-294 , 1 ex., 75.7 mm, Hapoli, Lower Subansiri district , Arunachal Pradesh ,

16.ii.1996, G. Thirumalai; ZSI/ V / APFS / P-554 , 12 exs. ,

53.1 to 89.6 mm, Ranga (Panyor) river, Yazali , Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh, 24.vi.2012, B. Sinha & party.

Distribution: INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh-Lower Subansiri, Upper Subansiri, East Kameng, Papumpare, East Siang, Lohit, Tirap; All along Himalays, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh. Elsewhere: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan.

Habit and Habitat: Freshwater. Inhabit rivers and lakes, and rapid streams with rocky bottom.

IUCN Status: Near Threatened

Subfamily CYPRININAE

Genus Cyprinus Linnaeus, 1758