Red Kelah vs Silver Kelah ?

[Ong88]

Originally Posted by FishyAmazon

Nice size. The finnage a bit too dark, cant really help to confirm. check the lower loop to confirm if its a tenga or kelah here - pic courtesy from sebarau

from the scales look like tenga
kelah de scale is more delta-shaped core

need to see mouth/face to confirm

Thanks for sharing Bro Hampala!
pls post more of your collections.

Originally Posted by Ong88

from the scales look like tenga
kelah de scale is more delta-shaped core

need to see mouth/face to confirm

Thanks for sharing Bro Hampala!
pls post more of your collections.

I have the same conclusion too. Scale shine dont seem like a red kelah.
I learnt that after getting a suedo red kelah from a huge LFS and comparing it with a real red kelah i got from Malaysia - the difference was obvious. I hated the feeling of being mislead but anyways it was no loss as i gained some knowledge and i have both type of fishes too.

Tengas are also commonly mentioned as copper mahseers.
At that size, it's very seldom seen

Originally Posted by randchai

How to differentiate the two ? Thinking of getting some small red kelah.. Any bros know if there are any in LFS ? Thks

Look at the head and easier look from the top. Green kelah/ tengas have round formation. Red Kelah have sharp formation. When small or when in lfs even the red kelah have no colour. The red kelah need sunlight in order to have reddish color.

[boyx2]

blue nicer........

If my fish above was tengas, what we called it?

Originally Posted by hampala

If my fish above was tengas, what we called it?

This pic is a challenge. Kelahs have very thick and fat lips (a lot of meat like mini sausages )

Originally Posted by nasmi

Look at the head and easier look from the top. Green kelah/ tengas have round formation. Red Kelah have sharp formation. When small or when in lfs even the red kelah have no colour. The red kelah need sunlight in order to have reddish color.

From the top... why didnt i observed that - thanks for contributing. Did you have a pond?

By the way, thanks for bringing up the subject of colouration as it is controversial. I've check that with Xian Leng folks and it seems a lot has to do with genes and little on the environment (including tanning), food and water condition - the latter 2 is something we may have some control over. In fact the Blue Kelah (Tor Duronesis) is known to be raised in dark environment to show off their intense blue pigments.

For Mr. Ong, do you mean delta shape scales like these? They are the same source/river with the fishes above.

Juvenile mahseer

[Ong88]

YES!!!
these delta scales are so mesmerising & beautiful. & the reason i love red kelahs : very beautiful!
Thanks for posting these pixes, very very nice. THANK YOU!

Originally Posted by hampala

For Mr. Ong, do you mean delta shape scales like these? They are the same source/river with the fishes above.

Juvenile mahseer

Yes. This is kelah. But which tor genus i cant really tell.