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What is Binomial Classification of Mahseer
Binomial Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Cypriniformes
Family Cyprinidae
Genus Tor
Specie T. potitura
Mahseer is fresh water game fish it is a national fish of Pakistan, Mahseer is belong to the genus Tor are substantialto cyprinidy fishes which are native to Asia with a whose circulation start from Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia
Habitat
Mahseer is found in freshwater bodies like lakes ponds and rivers. In Pakistan, it is found in the sub-Himalayan river. It lives at 6°C temperature
Breeding
Mahseer breeding season starts from July to September, it is considered the peak period of breeding for Mahseer. This species lay a fertilized egg and these eggs are hatched from 60-80 hours at 24 to 28°C temperature. Early hatchlings are golden yellow and pass through a semi-quiescent stage during which they remain huddled up in corners and cervices with their heads tucked away from light, thereby uncovering for overwhelming predation in nature for around six days. The most basic time of mahseer’s initial life cycle.
Feeding
Basically, mahseer is omnivorous fish and takes anything which occurs in water like weeds,grasses, bamboo, seeds, unhusked paddy, snails, crabs, also 60% of the gut contents of adult animals,10% mollusks,10% debris, and unidentified matters. In juveniles 54% are insects,24% are mollusks, and 22% are vegetable food include.
Dangers to mahseer
All mahseer species all through Asia are compromised by
- Overfishing (regularly utilizing ruinous apparatuses)
- Loss of natural surroundings
- fenced to relocation
- Reduction of natural surroundings due to waste material [1]Tor putitora (iucnredlist.org)[2]Endangered Golden mahseer Tor putitora Hamilton: a review of natural history | SpringerLink[3]Tor putitora – Wikipedia
Reviewed by:
Dr. Muhammad Khalid Mukhtar (Ph.D.)
University of Sargodha, Sargodha