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Common names: Great snakehead, Pla tjon gnoo aow
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Mekong basin (Ref. 26336); also from Kanchanaburi, Mae Hong Sorn and Uttaradit (Ref. 37773). Also Ref. 36654, 41236, 43638.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/th.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Vidthayanon, C., J. Karnasuta and J. Nabhitabhata, 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

巨鳢, Bullseye snakehead, Bullseye snakehead, ... more

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> Anabantiformes (Gouramies, snakeheads) > Channidae (Snakeheads)
Etymology: Channa: Greek, channe, -es = an anchovy (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Hamilton.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Οικολογία

; Γλυκού νερού βενθοπελαγικό; ποταμόδρομος (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 2060)

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Asia: India to China, south to Thailand and Cambodia (Ref. 12693) and Pakistan (Ref. 4833).

Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 183 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 6351); common length : 46.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 4833); μεγ. δημοσιευμένο βάρος: 30.0 kg (Ref. 4833)

Obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Adults occur in sluggish or standing water in canals, lakes, and swamps (Ref. 12693). Inhabit waters with submerged aquatic vegetation (Ref. 12693). Usually found only in deep pools in rivers and occasionally in lakes. They enter flooded forest (Ref. 9497). Carnivorous and subsist on fish, frogs, snakes, insects, earthworms and tadpoles (Ref. 1479). There are reports of this species taking water birds, snakes, and rodents. Males are territorial. May bite when caught (Elliot Bligh, pers. comm., 2001).

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Builds floating nest of weeds and leaves where the orange-yellow eggs are deposited. Eggs hatch in 36 to 48 hours and fry remain in the nest for about 10 days after hatching. Parents guards the fry for about a month.

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Kottelat, M., 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of Southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2013 (Suppl. 27):1-663. (Ref. 94476)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 06 October 2009

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Traumatogenic

Human uses

αλιεία: Εμπορικό(ά); Υδατοκαλλιέργειες: Εμπορικό(ά); αλιεία αναψυχής: ναί; Ενυδρείο: Δημόσια ενυδρεία

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00776 (0.00454 - 0.01328), b=2.98 (2.83 - 3.13), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Τροφικό Επίπεδο (Ref. 69278): 4.5 ±0.80 se; based on food items.

Ελαστικότητα (Ref. 120179): Μεσαίο(α), ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού 1,4 - 4,4 έτη (K=0.23).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (55 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Channa marulius (Hamilton, 1822)