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Red mahseer

Tor sinensis Wu, 1977

Status not recordedbony fish

The red mahseer (Tor sinensis) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the red mahseer

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the red mahseer live?

Not recorded

Is the red mahseer endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the red mahseer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusTor
  7. SpeciesTor sinensis Wu, 1977

Synonyms Tor tor sinensis

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Chinese mahseerEnglish
  • 中國結魚Chinese
  • Hiina mahsirEstonian
  • Trey khaorKhmer
  • ปลาเวียนแดงThai

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the red mahseer

Other species in the same genus Tor.

Briána

Tor putitora

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

Mahseer

Tor tor

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

River carp

Tor douronensis

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

Mahseer

Tor khudree

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the red mahseer?

The red mahseer (Tor sinensis) belongs to the family Cyprinidae in the order Cypriniformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Red mahseer (Tor sinensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-mahseer

MLA

“Red mahseer (Tor sinensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-mahseer.

BibTeX
@misc{red_mahseer_2026,
  title = {Red mahseer (Tor sinensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-mahseer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}