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Channa ninhbinhensis Nguyen, 2011 Orange seam snakehead |
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photo by
Vidthayanon, C. |
| Family: | Channidae (Snakeheads) | |||
| Max. size: | 26.7 cm SL (male/unsexed); 27.5 cm SL (female) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Asia: Vietnam. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 48-49; Anal soft rays: 28-32; Vertebrae: 51-52. Can be diagnosed by having arc of mouth wide, length less than width, 58-59 lateral line scales, 51-52 vertebrae; 8-12 gill rakers on first arc, flat tongue with sucking thick circular arc, not accounting for all the mouth cavity width, and dark gray body with no stripes (Ref. 91062). | |||
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| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||