Tor tambroides

Tor tambroides
Semah selubai, Tor tambroides
from Merangin, Indonesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Genus:Tor
Species: T. tambroides
Binomial name
Tor tambroides
(Bleeker, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Labeobarbus tambroides Bleeker, 1854
  • Barbus tambroides (Bleeker, 1854)

Tor tambroides is a species of mahseer native to Southeast Asia.

Distribution

These fish have been found throughout Southeast Asia, ranging from Thailand in the Chao Phraya and Mekong River basins to the Greater Sunda Islands. The species has been reported in Burma.[2]

Ecology

The species is omnivorous, sometimes eating toxic fruits when the streams it inhabits flood the forest; this may make them temporarily inedible. During the rainy season, juveniles migrate downstream. After 2 months, matured adults travel back upstream to spawn at the headwaters in the dry season.[2]

Conservation

While the species is not currently assigned a conservation status by the IUCN due to lack of data, overfishing is assumed to threaten the wild population.[1] The empurau, as the species is known in Malaysia, is reportedly the most expensive edible fish in the country[3] and has been known to fetch up to RM1800 per kilogram of the fish.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 M. Kottelat (2012). "Tor tambroides". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012: e.T187939A1837406. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T187939A1837406.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Tor tambroides" in FishBase. August 2014 version.
  3. ↑ "Tycoon flies in on private jet for fish". The Star. 8 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Empurau, the most expensive fish". Sin Chew Daily. 27 March 2010.
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