FB-69382 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69382 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Pleuronectiformes Samaridae Samariscus Samariscus hexaradiatus Díaz de Astarloa, Causse & Pruvost, 2014 Gollum snakehead Aenigmachanna mahabali Kumar, Basheer & Ravi, 2019 2021-02-19 2021-02-21 Britz, R., V.K. Anoop, N. Dahanukar and R. Raghavan0 The subterranean <i>Aenigmachanna gollum</i>, a new genus and species of snakehead (Teleostei: Channidae) from Kerala, South India. Zootaxa 4603(2):377-388. (Ref. 120401) Kumar, R.G., V.S. Basheer and C. Ravi0 <i>Aenigmachanna mahabali</i>, a new species of troglophilic snakehead (Pisces: Channidae) from Kerala, India. Zootaxa 4638(3):410-418. (Ref. 120659) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) Raghavan, R., N. Dahanukar, V.K. Anoop, C.P. Arjun and R. Britz0 Diversity and distribution of dragon snakeheads of the family Aenigmachannidae, and the identity of <I>Aenigmachanna mahabalI</I>. Zootaxa 5120(2):295-300. (Ref. 130777) FB-GeneralDescr-69391 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-03-04 00:00:00 2024-12-18 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69391 The fish collected from Malappuram was in a paddy field (Ref. 120401). The fish collected from Peringara was found, at the height of summer, with the water surface in the well was at a depth of about 5 metres below the ground surface; it came to light when the water in the well, normally clear, suddenly turned muddy and the well was drained to facilitate cleaning. Peringara is situated in a large natural wetland that abuts the Kuttanad lowlands, kniwn as ‘the rice bowl’ of Kerala (Ref. 120659). Britz, R., V.K. Anoop, N. Dahanukar and R. Raghavan 2019 The subterranean <i>Aenigmachanna gollum</i>, a new genus and species of snakehead (Teleostei: Channidae) from Kerala, South India. Zootaxa 4603(2):377-388. (Ref. 120401) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69391 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-03-04 00:00:00 2021-03-04 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69391 This species is distinguished from species of Channa and Parachanna by the following unique characters among channids: very slender with maximum body depth only 11.1-11.3% SL; eel-like body with head length only 20.8-21.6% SL; a large mouth with jaw length 60.4-61.1 % HL; A 43-44; absence of a body lateral line with pored scales; scales in a lateral series 83-85; colour pattern and absence of buoyancy; differs from other channids by having 64 vertebrae, D 56-57, and absence of pelvic fins (Ref. 120401). Britz, R., V.K. Anoop, N. Dahanukar and R. Raghavan 2019 The subterranean <i>Aenigmachanna gollum</i>, a new genus and species of snakehead (Teleostei: Channidae) from Kerala, South India. Zootaxa 4603(2):377-388. (Ref. 120401) FB-Distribution-69391 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-03-04 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69391 Asia: India. Britz, R., V.K. Anoop, N. Dahanukar and R. Raghavan 2019 The subterranean <i>Aenigmachanna gollum</i>, a new genus and species of snakehead (Teleostei: Channidae) from Kerala, South India. Zootaxa 4603(2):377-388. (Ref. 120401) FB-Size-69391 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-03-04 00:00:00 2024-12-18 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69391 12.7 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 120659)) Kumar, R.G., V.S. Basheer and C. Ravi 2019 <i>Aenigmachanna mahabali</i>, a new species of troglophilic snakehead (Pisces: Channidae) from Kerala, India. Zootaxa 4638(3):410-418. (Ref. 120659) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-69391 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-03-04 00:00:00 2024-12-18 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69391 benthopelagic; freshwater