The Great Mahseer Journal - VI

[muser]

Originally Posted by Gordy

Hi bro, the reason i asked is because i have the same fish as yours too. I am curious to is it mahseer or tengah? like mentioned in this thread few pages back. Where i bought it from listed it as Thai Blue Mahseer.

Originally Posted by Censis

Thanks for the info! Am I able to keep one single pcs? Doubt I'll have the space for a group of them.

Originally Posted by benang

looks like Neolissochellus stracheyi, thai blue mahseer. can tell by the blue tinges on the fin and the horizontal line across. they're abit taller than the ones i have though, so may be from different locality?

Originally Posted by bro*1043

Yup, it's a blue masheer.
Sure, why not. They are able to comm with monsters but get a bigger size specimen if your monsters are on the big side.

Thanks benang and bro*1043 for helping to answer.
Gordy, Censis, I agree with them (that Gordy's mahseers are thai blue and that Censis would be better off with a big mahseer).

Btw, my biggest two mahseers may not be thai mahseers as they don't have that black line running across horizontally. Should be humpack mahseer instead, not very sure though

Wonder if mahseers and kelahs can sort of interbreed

[Censis]

Thanks for the replies guys. What species of mashers are big species? Thai? Do they grow fast?

[Aro-monkey]

Originally Posted by Censis

Thanks for the replies guys. What species of mashers are big species? Thai? Do they grow fast?

The golden mahseer can grow pretty big ... Mine grown from 5" to 6.5" in about 2mths ( pure pellet diet )

YouTube Video

Sharing my group which consist of both golden and blue

[benang]

Originally Posted by Censis

Thanks for the replies guys. What species of mashers are big species? Thai? Do they grow fast?

So far my Thai mahseer a have grown the fastest. Once I started regular feeding it put on 400g in about half a year. It's in at about 38cm now, up from 20cm 6 months ago. I ll be trying to breed them some time this year, but not sure if I have a male in my tank. I have mature pairs of tor duoronensis though, and will likely start with that. Don't plan to interbreed them.

[bro*1043]

Originally Posted by benang

I have mature pairs of tor duoronensis though, and will likely start with that. Don't plan to interbreed them.

Please keep us updated if you manage to breed them but I think that's quite far-fetched.

[bugaloo]

[Gordy]

hi bros may i ask how many types of malaysia red mahseers are there?

[bro*1043]

Originally Posted by Gordy

hi bros may i ask how many types of malaysia red mahseers are there?

There are actually 2 types : Tor Tambra and Tor Tambroides.
Refer to the links below
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/187939/0

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/188012/0
Not much data available on the in depth studies for the above but conservation are on going in the form of restricted fishing/harvesting, artificial breeding and restocking of rivers.

Those that we often see in LFS are being sold as "Red Kelah" not sure if they are WC or artificially bred.

But there are 2 locations in West Malaysia for WC specimens where locals label theirs as " kelah bara " and " kelah tembat ".
In East Malaysia the kelah is called " Empurau " aka 忘不了.

[jonesonalex]

Hi Bro.
actually Bara is name of one kind red mahseer in malaysia.
the other kind is merah.
Tembat is the name of the river they caught the fish.
Plz correct if m wrong

[bro*1043]

Originally Posted by jonesonalex

Hi Bro.
actually Bara is name of one kind red mahseer in malaysia.
the other kind is merah.
Tembat is the name of the river they caught the fish.
Plz correct if m wrong

Correct.
Tembat is the name of the river where they caught the kelah.
I go by common name which they're called.
There is another common name " kelah bara merah " , so what are these?

So far as what I notice between the so called "tembat" and "bara", both looks slightly different in terms of colours and shape.
That's why I mention these 2 only, bara and merah looks the same to me.

My 2cents opinion.
*i am not a certified ichthyologist.