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Key Characteristics: A looping upper lip covering the lower lip. Adult speciments have dark greenish tint on the bottom side of the lower lip. Last edited by FishyAmazon; 13-07-2010 at 02:10 PM. |
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13-07-2010, 03:19 PM | #42 | |
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13-07-2010, 03:36 PM | #43 | |
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13-07-2010, 03:42 PM | #44 |
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Actually, I took these pics from the net which were in my files and dunno if it's permitted. If the mods think so kindly delete as I am unable to find any direction by which to delete after posting.
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13-07-2010, 04:04 PM | #45 |
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Hypselobarbus jerdoni
Please find pics of Hypselobarbus jerdoni from Karnataka, South West India reported to grow upto 45 cm. You can see it's a more deep bodied fish than H. thomassi plus it has no black markings on the caudal and has a prominent black spot on the dorsal
The second pic is credited to my good friend Choy Heng Wah and the former I dunno but will check and acknowledge later. |
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ic ic ....I understand now, thanks for your explanation,These fish are very very similar both..hehe... |
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14-07-2010, 02:10 AM | #47 |
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In the India book Talwar and Jhingran [1991] list Gonoproktopterus thomassi [now change to Hypselobarbus] as growing up to a meter long. That's an error?
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14-07-2010, 10:19 AM | #48 |
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I would not vouch to state that's an error but based on hearsay. You see a lot of the authors / scientists conduct most of their faunistic surveys as far as fish in concerned by visiting the wet markets at various places. There they interview sellers who are not fishermen barring very a few. The sellers though get to see a lot of fish on a daily basis but they do tend to exagerate whereas fishermen on the job give almost more accurate info and that is where I got my fish and info too. Specimens of H. thomassi given to friends and aquaintances who kept the same in large tanks such as six footers never reported growths of over 17 cm and I am talking over the years. I got my first thomassi way back in 1996 from the Chalakuddy river, Kerala and many more specimens later and as recently in September last year and till very recently in May this year from the Payaswini river in Karnataka. These were procured for a good friend of mine in Bangkok and I'll get him to post some pics of his too here. His when sent were a good 15 cm.
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14-07-2010, 10:26 AM | #49 |
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Chedra,
according to Menon's Checklist : Fresh Water Fishes of India, ZSI published 1999 a very much more recent publication than Talwar & Jhingran's monumental work states the size as 23.0 cm TL but goes on to say : As red Mahseer it is known to grow to a length of 100 cm. This statement is also based on hearsay. |
14-07-2010, 06:31 PM | #50 |
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Wrong interpretation of my sentence. Hypselobarbus thomassi is a known mis-identified species as red kelah. This thread aims to help everyone in doubt on Mahseers not discussion discussion as our historically long thread suggests. Appreciate you could help start another interesting thread on Hypselobarbus thomassi as this genus is vastly diferent from our popularly known 'kelah' in its physical characteristics to common hobbyist
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