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Can anyone identify this??

Post by jonahpach » Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:28 pm

Hello there is this fish that is supposed to be tastiest in Mizoram.. just wanted to know its scientific name. Could this be the Mahseer?? it is supposedly able to get to 100 kg's down southern Mizoram. Funnily this fish is only found in the rivers flowing southwards into the Bay of Bengal

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Post by Priyan » Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:55 pm

I called up an old lady who is known to have information about fish. She Identified it as "Kaliajara" (Not sure if it's written as "Kalia jara") in our local language Assamese. Tomorrow morning I'll call up my sister who is in university studying biology to help us identify it. I think other IFG member who's informed about fishes more than me can help. BTW it doesn't look like Mahseer to me.
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Re: Can anyone identify this??

Post by Ace_doc » Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:12 pm

not a mahseer for sure! seems allied to the carp family . angler ali may be able to shed more light.
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Post by Yaj » Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:15 pm

They look like small sized Catla.
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Re: Can anyone identify this??

Post by veejosh » Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:28 pm

Yaj wrote:They look like small sized Catla.
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Catla is the bighead carp if I am not mistaken ...
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Re: Can anyone identify this??

Post by Priyan » Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:40 pm

veejosh wrote:
Yaj wrote:They look like small sized Catla.
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Catla is the bighead carp if I am not mistaken ...
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AFAIK Bighead Carp has smaller and smoother scale than the fish pictured above.
BTW Calta is called Indian Carp I guess.
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Re: Can anyone identify this??

Post by xl_target » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:44 pm

The fish pictured in the first post seem to be from the Carp family.

Definitely not Mahseer. Mahseer has a longer Pike like body.
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Re: Can anyone identify this??

Post by Yaj » Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:57 am

Priyan wrote:
veejosh wrote:
Yaj wrote:They look like small sized Catla.
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Catla is the bighead carp if I am not mistaken ...
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AFAIK Bighead Carp has smaller and smoother scale than the fish pictured above.
BTW Calta is called Indian Carp I guess.
Catla is not the same as bighead carp.
And catla is just one of the Indian carps,other common ones seen in the market being rohu, mrigal, calabose etc.
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Re: Can anyone identify this??

Post by Ace_doc » Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:43 pm

not a catla as they have bigger mouths and heads. could be a mrigal or calabose.
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Post by Yaj » Fri Sep 23, 2011 5:02 pm

Definitely not mrigal or calabose.Small catlas will have mouths and heads in proportion wont they?
The OP also mentioned the fish is known to grow to huge sizes almost upto 100 kg , neither mrigal and calabose even approach that, whereas Catla is known to grown to huge sizes.The mouth does appear a bit small in the pic.Maybe they are hybrids with rohu?
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Re: Can anyone identify this??

Post by hunterjack » Fri Sep 23, 2011 6:13 pm

looks more like Mylopharyngodon piceus
I am no expert maybe some senior anglers around in this forum may help out it identifying it
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Post by nagarifle » Fri Sep 23, 2011 6:58 pm

after vvery carfuly studies conducted in Nagaland, i have come to the conculsion that with chilly and bamboo shoots and cooked in bamboo vessel is very tasty little fishy, oh when the boat comes in ROTFL
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Re: Can anyone identify this??

Post by Priyan » Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:32 pm

Guys, I surrender. My sister couldn't identify it. We'll try to identify it again when she comes back home in Durga Puja holiday.
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Re: Can anyone identify this??

Post by rraju2805 » Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:08 pm

Dear jonahpachji & other

It's name is " TELAPIYA " , local name in bengali..
It is also known as "AMERICAN KOI " , in english " AMERICAN ANABUS "

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Re: Can anyone identify this??

Post by gladiatorgarg » Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:46 am

or it can be niletica another hi-brid version of telapiya because kaatlaa or rohu are not this black in colour they are shiny but i will be happy to be enlightened :D
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