Tor remadeviae
Tor remadeviae Madhusoodana Kurup & Radhakrishnan, 2011
First described in: Kurup, B. M.; Radhakrishnan, K. V. (2011). Tor remadevii, a new species of Tor (Gray) from Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Pambar River, Kerala, southern India. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 107(3) [2010]: 227-230.
Tor remadeviae, the orange-finned mahseer, also known as the hump-backed mahseer, is a critically endangered species of freshwater fish endemic to the Western Ghats of India. It is restricted to the Kaveri river basin.
It can be distinguished from other mahseer by the prominent hump originating above the pre-opercle, a distinctive kink in the pre-opercule, a terminal mouth position, and its bright orange caudal fin. It is considered a high-quality game fish, and has been proclaimed by anglers as "the largest and hardest fighting freshwater fish in the world".
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 11187137.