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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

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.

not a mahseer for sure! seems allied to the carp family . angler ali may be able to shed more light.

They look like small sized Catla.
Regards,
Yaj.

Yaj wrote:They look like small sized Catla.
Regards,
Yaj.

Catla is the bighead carp if I am not mistaken ...
Vikas

veejosh wrote:

Yaj wrote:They look like small sized Catla.
Regards,
Yaj.

Catla is the bighead carp if I am not mistaken ...
Vikas

AFAIK Bighead Carp has smaller and smoother scale than the fish pictured above.
BTW Calta is called Indian Carp I guess.

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

Definitely not Mahseer. Mahseer has a longer Pike like body.
See images below


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Priyan wrote:

veejosh wrote:

Yaj wrote:They look like small sized Catla.
Regards,
Yaj.

Catla is the bighead carp if I am not mistaken ...
Vikas

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.
Regards,
Yaj.

not a catla as they have bigger mouths and heads. could be a mrigal or calabose.

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?
http://fishbase.org/photos/thumbnailssu ... hp?ID=4439
Regards,
Yaj.

looks more like Mylopharyngodon piceus
I am no expert maybe some senior anglers around in this forum may help out it identifying it

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

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.

Dear jonahpachji & other

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

It is very testy....

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