Tor tambroides

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Tor tambroides
Kelah/empurau/Semah selubai, Tor tambroides
from Merangin, Indonesia

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Tor
Species:
T. tambroides
Binomial name
Tor tambroides
(Bleeker, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Labeobarbus tambroides Bleeker, 1854
  • Barbus tambroides (Bleeker, 1854)

Tor tambroides, known as empurau in Malay, is a species of mahseer native to Southeast Asia.

Taxonomy

It has been suggested that the species represents a junior synonym of Tor tambra.[2][3] T. tambra, T. tambroides and T. douronensis may be synonymous.[4]

Distribution

These fish have been found throughout

Burma.[5]
The type locality of Tor tambroides is the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

Ecology

The species is omnivorous, sometimes eating toxic fruits when the streams it inhabits flood the forest; this may make them temporarily inedible. During the rainy season, juveniles migrate downstream. After 2 months, matured adults travel back upstream to spawn at the headwaters in the dry season.[5]

Conservation

While the species is not currently assigned a conservation status by the

RM1800 per kilogram of the fish.[7]

Aquaculture

Empurau can be grown in captivity. The fish require moving, well-oxygenated water. They should be fed on various fruits and seeds to simulate their natural diet.[8] Artificial hormones may be necessary to induce reproduction.[9]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T187939A91076554.en
    . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. S2CID 90763858
    .
  3. S2CID 143424293
    .
  4. ^ Roberts, T. R. (1999). "Fishes of the cyprinid genus Tor in the Nam Theun watershed (Mekong basin) of Laos, with description of a new species" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 47: 225–236.
  5. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Tor tambroides" in FishBase. August 2014 version.
  6. ^ "Tycoon flies in on private jet for fish". The Star. 8 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Empurau, the most expensive fish". Sin Chew Daily. 27 March 2010.
  8. ^ Mail, Rintos (11 September 2016). "Empurau – king of the river". Borneo Post. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Guidelines for genetic management and conservation". Artificial propagation of empurau, Tor tambroides and semah, Tor douronensis, two species of commercial and conservation value to Sarawak, Malaysia. Network of Aquaculture Centers in Asia-Pacific. 12 November 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2019.

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