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Channidae (Snakeheads)
Etymology: Channa: Greek, channe, -es = an anchovy (Ref. 45335); rakhinica: Named for the area where it occurs, the Rakhine Yoma in western Myanmar, an adjective.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: Myanmar.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 131044)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished from its congeners in Myanmar by the following characters: in life, with reddish cheek, series of up to 5 semicircular concentric maroon pectoral bands that are wider than interbands, series of 6-7 saddle-like blotches, orange subdistal and white distal rim on dorsal- and caudal fins; differs from C. stewartii by having fewer dorsal-fin rays 34-38 (vs. 39-41), and generally fewer anal-fin rays 23-25, rarely 22 or 26 (vs. 26-27); differs from C. burmanica by presence of pelvic fins (vs. absence); differs substantially from all Myanmar Gachua group snakeheads by a genetic distance of 12.9-18.5% in the COI gene (Ref. 131044).
Cross section: oval.
Collected from small mountain streams near Kyeinthali in the southern Rakhine Yoma and from small remnant puddles beneath large boulders in the otherwise dry bed of a small tributary stream of Dalet Chaung in the middle Rakhine Yoma, and Laymyo River in the northern Rakhine Yoma, respectively (Ref. 131044)..
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Britz, R., H.H. Tan and L. Rüber, 2024. Four new species of Channa from Myanmar (Teleostei, Labyrinthici, Channidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 72: 1-25. (Ref. 131044)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00832 (0.00381 - 0.01816), b=2.98 (2.81 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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