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The term “mahseer” is collectively used for three genera of the family Cyprinidae namely Tor, Neolissochilus and Naziritor. Among mahseers, Tor putitora, popularly known as Golden Mahseer, is one of the most important fishes in the Himalayan regions and South Asia. It is commercially important as an edible fish and a popular game fish. The present study is an attempt to understand the phylogenetic relationship of Tor putitora with other species of mahseers using the mitochondrial partial 12S rRNA gene. The phylogenetic analyses revealed that Neolissochilus is a sister genus of Tor and Tor putitora is more closely related to Tor tor and Tor mosal mahanadicus as compared to other species of Tor.

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Mahseer Taxonomic status Evolutionary relationships Tor putitora

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Anuragini KADWALIA, Department of Zoology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.

Research Scholar Department of zoology

Phuntsog DOLMA, Department of Zoology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.

Research Scholar, Department of Zoology

Yogesh RAWAL, Department of Zoology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.

Guide and Chairperson, Department of Zoology

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KADWALIA, A., DOLMA, P., RANA, K., RAWAL, Y., & CHAUHAN, A. (2023). Phylogenetic analysis of Tor putitora (Hamilton, 1822) from Rivers Sutlej, Beas and Yamuna using 12S rRNA gene sequences. Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 10(3), 158–165. https://doi.org/10.22034/iji.v10i3.843
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