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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anabantiformes (Gouramies, snakeheads) > Channidae (Snakeheads)
Etymology: Channa: Greek, channe, -es = an anchovy (Ref. 45335); bhoi: Name 'bhoi' in honor of the Bhois people, who are the indigenous sub-group inhabitants of the type locality of the new species.
Etymology: Channa: Greek, channe, -es = an anchovy (Ref. 45335); bhoi: Name 'bhoi' in honor of the Bhois people, who are the indigenous sub-group inhabitants of the type locality of the new species.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical
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Asia: India.
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Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 35 - 38; Anal soft rays: 23 - 26; Vertebrae: 45. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: unique color pattern consisting of bluish-gray body with sides possessing single, minute black spot on each scale, visibly arranged as 8-9 horizontal rows of broken lines; large black spots on head, lips, and lower-jaw undersurface in adult specimens absent; lateral scale rows possessing a single, minute black spot on each scale, visibly arranged as 8-9 horizontal rows of broken lines originating from preopercle, sometimes behind eye in juveniles, and extending to caudal peduncle; transverse scale rows from post-drop to anal-fin origin 7.5-8.5; pored lateral-line scales 47-49; grayish-yellow pectoral fin with 6-8 thin, ochre-yellow to cream bands appearing in wavy pattern in adults; rows of teeth on palatine 2; and triangular-shaped palatine (Ref. 138500).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Obligate air-breathing; This species inhabits a shallow stream passing under large boulders with sandy bottom and riparian vegetation (Ref. 138500).
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Main reference
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Praveenraj, J., N. Moulitharan, A.M. Ryndongsngi, T. Thackeray, R.S. Naveen and A.P. Kumar, 2025. A new species of Snakehead (Teleostei: Channidae) from Meghalaya, Northeast India. Ichthyol. Herpetol. 113(4):712-722. (Ref. 138500)
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | 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). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.7 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (12 of 100). 🛈 |