What is mahaseer ? where is it found?
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Mahseer roughly translates as mahi – fish and sher – tiger, and hence is also referred as tiger among fish. It is a large cyprinid and known to be the toughest among the fresh water sport fish. The body colour of an adult Golden Mahseer is golden on dorsal side and fins are reddish-yellow. Also the fish is characterized by their large scales and thick powerful lips with relatively longer barbels (sensory hair-like organs in front of the mouth).
The fish generally breed during floods and spawn over rocky, gravel substrates, often in ephemeral headwaters. Sexual productivity is low (6,000 – 10,000 eggs per kg). The individuals of the population grow at an average rate of 10cm annually. It is omnivorous in feeding habits. During migration, fish of all ages remain carni-omnivorous and the fish <46 cm size become piscivorous.
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Mahseer, any of several species of edible game fishes of the genus Barbus, in the carp family, Cyprinidae,found in clear rivers and lakes of India and southeastern Asia. Mahseer have large, thick scales, powerful jaws, and protrusible, sometimes very fleshy, lips adapted for taking food from the bottom.