Morphology Summary - Channa nachi

Sex attributes

Striking features
Body shape lateral (shape guide)	elongated
Cross section	oval
Dorsal head profile
Type of eyes
Type of mouth/snout
Position of mouth
Type of scales
Diagnosis	This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: body devoid of any spots or blotches, sides creamish-yellow to pale-brown, and bluish shades on posterior half; presence of 10-12 obliquely-arranged, saddle-like, pale-brown bars; shallow body (body depth 10.7-15.2); scales below lateral line at anal-fin origin 7.5-8.5; presence of 10-12 pale-brown bars on sides and bluish shades below lateral line; anal-fin rays 23-24; lateral-line scales 44-48; vertebrae 43-45; translucent orange pectoral fin with 3-4 faint orange or brown bands in life; and a slender head (head depth 37.4-45.0) (Ref. 138322).
Ease of Identification

Lateral Lines	Interrupted: No
Scales on lateral line	44 - 48
Pored lateral line scales
Scales in lateral series
Scale rows above lateral line
Scale rows below lateral line
Scales around caudal peduncle
Barbels
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only)
Gill rakers
on lower limb
on upper limb
total
Vertebrae
preanal
total	43 - 45

Attributes