Tor mussullah ';
General information
 
Tor mussullah (Sykes, 1839)
 
 
Common nameHumpback mahseer
Valid name Hypselobarbus mussullah (Sykes, 1839)
Synonyms
Barbus mussullah Sykes, 1839
Barbus musullah Sykes, 1839
Hypselobarbus musullah (Sykes, 1839)
Tor musullah (Sykes, 1839)
Barbus mussullah (Sykes, 1839)
Barbus musullah (Sykes, 1839)
Hypselobarbus musullah (Sykes, 1839)
Tor musullah (Sykes, 1839)
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Endangered (EN)
Habitat
Freshwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Cypriniformes; Cyprinidae.
Geographical distribution
India
Occurrence Endemic: India
Importance
Food/sports
Remarks
Nil
Karyological information
Geographical area of study TATA electric company reservoir, Lonavala, Maharashtra, India
Source of chromosomes
Kidney
Number of specimens with sex
6
Diploid chromosome number
100
Karyotype formula
22m+24sm+24st+30t
Fundamental arm number
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
Not detected
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
C- bands on 3 chromosome pairs
Reference(s)
Mani I, Kumar R, Singh M, Kushwaha B, Nagpure NS, Srivastava PK and Lakra WS (2013). Chromosomal Distribution of Constitutive Heterochromatin in Eight Species of mahseers (Family: Cyprinidae) from India. Indian Journal of Biotechnology, 12: 178-186.
Karyotype /Metaphase complement image