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Channidae (Snakeheads)
Etymology: Channa: Greek, channe, -es = an anchovy (Ref. 45335); rakhinica: Named for the area where it occurs, the Rakhine Yoma in western Myanmar, an adjective.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: Myanmar.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 131044)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished from its congeners in Myanmar by the following characters: in life, with reddish cheek, series of up to 5 semicircular concentric maroon pectoral bands that are wider than interbands, series of 6-7 saddle-like blotches, orange subdistal and white distal rim on dorsal- and caudal fins; differs from C. stewartii by having fewer dorsal-fin rays 34-38 (vs. 39-41), and generally fewer anal-fin rays 23-25, rarely 22 or 26 (vs. 26-27); differs from C. burmanica by presence of pelvic fins (vs. absence); differs substantially from all Myanmar Gachua group snakeheads by a genetic distance of 12.9-18.5% in the COI gene (Ref. 131044).
Collected from small mountain streams near Kyeinthali in the southern Rakhine Yoma and from small remnant puddles beneath large boulders in the otherwise dry bed of a small tributary stream of Dalet Chaung in the middle Rakhine Yoma, and Laymyo River in the northern Rakhine Yoma, respectively (Ref. 131044)..
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Britz, R., H.H. Tan and L. Rüber, 2024. Four new species of Channa from Myanmar (Teleostei, Labyrinthici, Channidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology v. 72: 1-25. (Ref. 131044)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00832 (0.00381 - 0.01816), b=2.98 (2.81 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
