This large cyprinid has a laterally compressed body which is just over a quarter as deep as it is long (
standard length). with a steep dorsal profile forming an obvious hump which runs to the base of the
dorsal fin and then slopes gently away to the
caudal fin. It has a narrow, thick lipped mouth which is downward facing with two pairs of short barbels behind the mouth. One pair is rostral and one pair is maxillary and this is one of the features that distinguishes it from otherwise similar species.The dorsal fin origin is just in front of the origin of the
pelvic fins and the dorsal fin is concave on its uppermargin, with a strong, smooth and stiff spine
The caudal fin is deeply forked with small tuberclues on the rays. The overall colour is brown with a paler abdomen and it may have dark tips to the fins. It can grow to a maximum total length of 150 cm and a weight of 90 kg. However, the rod and reel caught record fish was roughly 59 kg and measured 169 cm in length while a fish caught by other means was 93 kg and 183 cm.
The fish was originally described by Sykes as having "a remarkable projecting prominence between the upper lip and nostrils, giving to the fish the appearance of being Roman-nosed." Among the meristic features he described are: pectoral fin 16 rays; ventral 9 rays; dorsal 12 rays including first branched; anal fin 8 rays.
In the 2013 paper
On the identities of Barbus mussulah by Knight et al., which has been instrumental in clearing confusions between Hypselobarbus mussulah and
Tor remadevii, the lateral line scale count is shown as 42, which clearly demonstrates this fish is not a
mahseer (member of genus Tor).
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