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What is a mahseer?

What is a mahseer? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An endangered large-scaled carp of the family Cyprinidae, found in rivers and lakes of India, Malaysia, and Southern Asia generally, valued as a game fish.
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He dined with me at Rijaori, and highly approved the mahseer, which he pronounced equal to salmon, but far inferior in my opinion.
A smaller Nile perch or mahseer, for example, can really provide essential protein.
Though called the salmon of India, the mahseer is really a species of barbel.
I rather think the Taiping water is too discoloured and sandy for mahseer.
Expeditions in pursuit of Atlantic blue marlin, Indian mahseer, tiger fish, Pacific salmon were the norm and what fantastic prize trips they were.
Just where it emerges from under the barrier, it forms a pool, which is crowded with mahseer of all sizes.

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