Blue finned mahseer
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Blue-finned mahseer aka Tor khudree?
http://www.frontline.in/environment/conservation/the-mahseers-lost-ground/article8408950.ece
The orange-finned mahseer is on the verge of extinction in its original habitat, the Cauvery river, following unregulated fishing and the introduction of the blue-finned mahseer. There is an urgent need to restore its status. By A.J.T. JOHNSINGH
THE large orange-finned mahseer (Tor species, not classified) is an iconic sport fish endemic to the Cauvery river basin, which includes the Cauvery (from Kodagu in Karnataka to Hogenakkal, when the river plunges into Tamil Nadu), the Kabini, the Moyar and the Bhavani. Also known as the hump-backed mahseer, as adults develop a dorsal hump, this freshwater fish has broken thousands of fishing lines, hundreds of rods and reels, and dragged numerous anglers into the water. The Cauvery now has an abundant population of the blue-finned mahseer (Tor khudree), a non-native, artificially bred fish which was introduced without foresight.
An orange-finned mahseer weighing 120 pounds (54.43 kilograms), caught by J. Wet. Van Ingen in the Kabini on March 22, 1946, was the largest ever catch in these waters until a few years ago. On March 13, 2011, the British angler Ken Loughran broke that record by catching a 130-pound (55 kg) mahseer in the Cauvery in Kodagu district.
Only the fish caught on rod and line is taken for the record and not the ones caught in fishing nets or by other means such as dynamiting, poisoning or using hand lines with bait.
The Kabini in Karnataka lost all its mahseer population following the construction of the Kabini reservoir in 1974 and as a result of decades of unregulated fishing.
One portion of the Cauvery where angling has benefited the mahseer and the local people is the 40-kilometre stretch between the Shivasamudram Falls in Mandya district and Mekedatu in Kanakapura taluk of Ramanagaram district. (Mekedatu gets its name from two rocks hanging over a narrow gorge which a goat (meke) could easily jump (datu) across.) In fact, when the water level in the Cauvery is high, the mahseer habitat stretches from Shivasamudram to Hogenakkal Falls, a distance of 70 km. The narrow gorges of Mekedatu may not be a barrier for a powerful swimmer like the mahseer when the Cauvery is in spate and the water overflows the gorges.
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Blue-finned mahseer aka Tor khudree?
http://www.frontline.in/environment/conservation/the-mahseers-lost-ground/article8408950.ece
The orange-finned mahseer is on the verge of extinction in its original habitat, the Cauvery river, following unregulated fishing and the introduction of the blue-finned mahseer. There is an urgent need to restore its status. By A.J.T. JOHNSINGH
THE large orange-finned mahseer (Tor species, not classified) is an iconic sport fish endemic to the Cauvery river basin, which includes the Cauvery (from Kodagu in Karnataka to Hogenakkal, when the river plunges into Tamil Nadu), the Kabini, the Moyar and the Bhavani. Also known as the hump-backed mahseer, as adults develop a dorsal hump, this freshwater fish has broken thousands of fishing lines, hundreds of rods and reels, and dragged numerous anglers into the water. The Cauvery now has an abundant population of the blue-finned mahseer (Tor khudree), a non-native, artificially bred fish which was introduced without foresight.
An orange-finned mahseer weighing 120 pounds (54.43 kilograms), caught by J. Wet. Van Ingen in the Kabini on March 22, 1946, was the largest ever catch in these waters until a few years ago. On March 13, 2011, the British angler Ken Loughran broke that record by catching a 130-pound (55 kg) mahseer in the Cauvery in Kodagu district.
Only the fish caught on rod and line is taken for the record and not the ones caught in fishing nets or by other means such as dynamiting, poisoning or using hand lines with bait.
The Kabini in Karnataka lost all its mahseer population following the construction of the Kabini reservoir in 1974 and as a result of decades of unregulated fishing.
One portion of the Cauvery where angling has benefited the mahseer and the local people is the 40-kilometre stretch between the Shivasamudram Falls in Mandya district and Mekedatu in Kanakapura taluk of Ramanagaram district. (Mekedatu gets its name from two rocks hanging over a narrow gorge which a goat (meke) could easily jump (datu) across.) In fact, when the water level in the Cauvery is high, the mahseer habitat stretches from Shivasamudram to Hogenakkal Falls, a distance of 70 km. The narrow gorges of Mekedatu may not be a barrier for a powerful swimmer like the mahseer when the Cauvery is in spate and the water overflows the gorges.
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Yup the true resident tor of cauvery is missing.
The blue finned hybrid, is an introduced species by the govt.
Many beautiful barbs of cauvery have been lost over the years.
You should look for hypselobarbus micropogon, another beauty lost to human intervention, loss of habitat, due to excessive sand mining
The blue finned hybrid, is an introduced species by the govt.
Many beautiful barbs of cauvery have been lost over the years.
You should look for hypselobarbus micropogon, another beauty lost to human intervention, loss of habitat, due to excessive sand mining
Yes, it's my biggest mahseer at the moment, about 2' and round. Food hog. It has pretty bluish iridescent fins. I didn't know they were specifically called blue-finned mahseer, so had to look up.
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That's a shame about the Hypselobarbus. From my database:
Korhi Barb / Chittakoorlu (India)
Hypselobarbus micropogon Greek, hypselos = high+Latin, barbus = barbel.
Cypriniformes > Cyprinidae > No subfamily
FishBase Max length 90 cm TL m./u. Fishing-World-Records 60-90+ cm; 3-9 kg.
F/w; benthopelagic; potamodromous
Tropical
Headwaters of Cauv. in Nilgiri, Wynaad+Karnataka in India. Endang. in India.
Deeper part of large str.+riv. along base of ghats. Introd. into reserve., lak. in India. Pref. rocky str., fast riv. Debris+plant matter. Spawns in upper Cauv. Fisher.: com.; game. Endang.
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That's a shame about the Hypselobarbus. From my database:
Korhi Barb / Chittakoorlu (India)
Hypselobarbus micropogon Greek, hypselos = high+Latin, barbus = barbel.
Cypriniformes > Cyprinidae > No subfamily
FishBase Max length 90 cm TL m./u. Fishing-World-Records 60-90+ cm; 3-9 kg.
F/w; benthopelagic; potamodromous
Tropical
Headwaters of Cauv. in Nilgiri, Wynaad+Karnataka in India. Endang. in India.
Deeper part of large str.+riv. along base of ghats. Introd. into reserve., lak. in India. Pref. rocky str., fast riv. Debris+plant matter. Spawns in upper Cauv. Fisher.: com.; game. Endang.