1. (Common Noun-Common) A kind of fish. Mahseer is the common name used for the genera Tor, Neolissochilus, and Naziritor in the family Cyprinidae (carps). The name Mahseer is however more often restricted to members of the genus Tor. The range of this fish is from Malaysia, Indonesia, across southern Asia to Pakistan, including the Indian Peninsula.They are commercially important game fish, as well as highly esteemed food fish. Mahseer fetch high market price, and are potential candidate species for aquaculture.Several of the larger species have suffered severe declines, and are now considered threatened due to pollution, habitat loss and overfishing. অসমত পোৱা মাছবিলাকৰব ভিতৰত পিঠিয়া মাছক ৰজা বুলি কোৱা হয় | (পৃথিৱীৰ মৰম - যতীন্দ্র কুমাৰ বুঁৰাগোহাঞি)

English: turia mahseer,
Assamese: পিঠিয়া