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

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 2.8 - 3.8; potamodromous (Ref. 51243). Tropical

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Asia: Indonesia and Malaysia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7050)

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Differs from Channa lucius in possessing a round head (vs. pointed), numerous spots on unpaired fins (vs. bars and stripes), reddish-brown life coloration (vs. brownish black) (Ref. 56386).

Obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Inhabits only in blackwater streams (Ref.56749). A common snakehead in peat swamps (Ref. 56749).

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Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo, 1993. Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi. Periplus Editions, Hong Kong. 221 p. (Ref. 7050)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Near Threatened (NT) (A3c); Date assessed: 22 November 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial

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Channa bankanensis (Bleeker, 1853)