Cyprinidae

Deccan mahseer

Tor khudree

Blood red fin tips cut through silver blue

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• South Asia
• Large
• Tropical fish

Tor khudree, the Deccan mahseer, Khudree mahseer, or black mahseer, is a freshwater fish of the carp family found in major rivers and reservoirs of India and Sri Lanka. Found throughout India, following large-scale introductions of artificially-bred fish across the country (annex 2), but found of the largest size and in the greatest abundance in mountain or rocky streams. The fish as originally described by Sykes in his November 1838 paper 'On the Fishes of the Dukhun' as Barbus khudree, is a silvery-bluish coloured fish, with blood red fins or fins tipped with a bluish tinge.