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Channidae (Snakeheads)
Etymology: Channa: Greek, channe, -es = an anchovy (Ref. 45335); nachi: Name 'nachi' from the local vernacular name for the species in Garo language spoken by
the Garo tribes of Meghalaya. A noun in apposition.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical
Asia: India.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.2 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 138322)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Vértebra: 43 - 45. 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).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Praveenraj, J., N. Moulitharan, A. Pavan-Kumar, R.S. Naveen, T. Thackeray, R. Yumnam and S.D. Gurumayum, 2025. Channa nachi, a new species of snakehead (Teleostei: Channidae) from Meghalaya, Northeast India. Zootaxa 5612(3):337-350. (Ref. 138322)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00813 (0.00374 - 0.01767), b=2.98 (2.81 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.6 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (12 of 100). 🛈 |