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I would say I am looking to find out how big Neolissochilus benasi can grow, just for my general mahseer knowledge. My personal challenge is that I often have a hard time telling mahseer species apart. Also our collective challenge is that the mahseer taxonomy seems incomplete, can be confusing, and is in dire need of a LOT of work.
As you see from the above-going, benasi is claimed to grow much larger that a foot -
kendragon
shows a large specimen, looks like at least 1.5ft or maybe 2ft,
fugupuff
claims 2.5ft. I hope this is true and not a confusion with some other mahseer species. For now I have no reason to doubt Ken and Wesley as the ID of their fish look right with little work on my part and to my untrained eye. Ideally, I must look far deeper into making sure this may be true.
As I have duly reported, I've failed twice to raise the alleged benasi past 9 inches, so this is, at least for now, a theoretical interest for me.
I find peers from Asia, to who these mahseer are local, can be very helpful in learning about mahseer
GiantFishKeeper101
Asian Exotics
headbanger_jib
