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Tor ater Roberts, 1999

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Tor ater Roberts, 1999
Name authority
Roberts, 1999
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Tor
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderCypriniformes
  11. familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
  12. genusTor Gray, 1834
  13. speciesTor ater Roberts, 1999

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Tor. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Tor tambroides (Bleeker, 1854)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Tor yingjiangensis Chen & Yang, 2004CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Tor barakae Arunkumar & Basudha, 2003CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Tor tambra (Valenciennes, 1842)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Tor remadeviae Madhusoodana Kurup & Radhakrishnan, 2011CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Tor kulkarnii Menon, 1992CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Tor laterivittatus Zhou & Cui, 1996CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Tor malabaricus (Jerdon, 1849)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Tor polylepis Zhou & Cui, 1996CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Tor putitora (Hamilton, 1822)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Tor sinensis Wu, 1977CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Tor tor (Hamilton, 1822)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Roberts, T. R. (1999). Fishes of the cyprinid genus Tor in the Nam Theun watershed (Mekong basin) of Laos, with description of a new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 47. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:7CHBF. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.