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Channidae
- Classification -
Channidae
Anabantiformes
Teleostei
Chordata
Animalia
Channa
orientalis
Bloch
&
Schneider
, 1801
Walking snakehead
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India country information
Common names:
Asiatic snakehead
,
Chainga
,
Chayung
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
freshwater
Abundance:
|
Ref:
Importance:
minor commercial
|
Ref:
Aquaculture:
|
Ref:
Regulations:
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Ref:
Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Occurs throughout India (Ref. 45255). Also Ref. 4833, 41236, 43640, 44148, 45204, 97593. Status of threat: Vulnerable in Western Ghats (Ref. 50614).
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
Occurrences
Point map
Main Ref:
Kapoor, D., R. Dayal and A.G. Ponniah, 2002
National Database:
Common names from other countries
Asiatic snakehead
,
Smooth-breasted snakehead
,
Pikkukäärmeenpää
,
... more
Classification / Names
Nombres comunes
|
Sinónimos
| Catalog of Fishes(
Género
,
Especie
) |
ITIS
|
CoL
|
WoRMS
|
Cloffa
>
Anabantiformes
(Gouramies, snakeheads) >
Channidae
(Snakeheads)
Etymology:
Channa:
Greek, channe, -es = an anchovy (Ref.
45335
)
.
More on authors:
Bloch
&
Schneider
.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
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