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MAHSEER, or MAHASEER (Barbus mosal)

This article appears in Volume V17, Page 427 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: LUP-MAL
MAHSEER, or MAHASEER (Barbus mosal) , a
kind
  of barbel, abundant in the rivers of
India
 , especially in pools of the upper and more rapid streams where they issue from the mountainous
part
  of the country. It is one of the largest species of the Cyprinid family, attaining to a length of 3 to 5 ft., and sometimes exceeding a
weight
  of 70 lb. Its
body
  is well-proportioned, rather elongate, and somewhat like that of the
European
  barbel, but covered with very large scales, of which there are only twenty-five or twenty-seven placed along the lateral line; the dorsal fin is armed with a
long
  and strong spine, and the mouth provided with four slender and short barbels. The lips are sometimes produced into fleshy lobes. To the fisherman in
India
  the
mahseer
  affords the same
kind
  of
sport
  as the salmon in the British Isles, and it rivals that
fish
  as regards size, strength and activity. Its flesh is likewise much esteemed.


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