FB-69830 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69830 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cichliformes Cichlidae Diplotaxodon Diplotaxodon longimaxilla Stauffer, Phiri & Konings, 2018 Sri Lanka giant snakehead Channa marulius (non Hamilton, 1822) Channa marulius ara (Deraniyagala, 1945) Ophicephalus marulius ara Deraniyagala, 1945 Ophiocephalus marulius ara Deraniyagala, 1945 2022-10-05 2022-10-05 Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran0 Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, i-xxii + 543-1158, 1 pl. (Ref. 4833) Pethiyagoda, R.0 Freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka. The Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka, Colombo. 362 p. (Ref. 6028) Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.)0 Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan. 1028 p. (Ref. 31517) Kottelat, M.0 The fishes of the inland waters of Southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2013 (Suppl. 27):1-663. (Ref. 94476) Ramani Shirantha, R R.A.0 A field guide to the fishes in freshwaters in Sri Lanka. Department of Wildlife Conservation, Colombo. XV + 502 pp. (Ref. 127520) Sudasinghe, H., E.A.S. Adamson, T. Ranasinghe, M. Meegaskumbura, C. Ikebe and R. Britz0 Unexpected species diversity within Sri Lanka’s snakehead fishes of the <i>Channa marulius</i> group (Teleostei: Channidae). Zootaxa 4747(1):113-132. (Ref. 127648) FB-GeneralDescr-69839 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-10-24 00:00:00 2022-10-24 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69839 This species occurs primarily in the deep pools in the Mahaweli River and its tributaries. Also recorded from reservoirs in the Mahaweli catchment (Victoria and Randenigala). Around 20 juveniles (ca. 8.0-10.0 cm SL), guarded by a pair of adults, were observed in shallow water (ca. 60-80 cm deep), among submerged roots, close to the bank, at the mouth of a stream draining into Badulu Oya of the Mahaweli basin. The highest recorded elevation from which this species was found was about 500 m asl at Kandy (Ref. 127648). Sudasinghe, H., E.A.S. Adamson, T. Ranasinghe, M. Meegaskumbura, C. Ikebe and R. Britz 2020 Unexpected species diversity within Sri Lanka’s snakehead fishes of the <i>Channa marulius</i> group (Teleostei: Channidae). Zootaxa 4747(1):113-132. (Ref. 127648) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69839 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-10-24 00:00:00 2022-10-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69839 This species is distinguished from C. marulius, C. aurolineata, C. auroflammea by having fewer vertebrae 56 (vs. 59-63 in marulius; 63-66 in aurolineata; 58-61 in auroflammea); fewer lateral-line scales 59-62 (vs. 62-65 in marulius; 65-71 in aurolineata; 61-65 in auroflammea); fewer dorsal-fin rays 47-48 (vs. 50-56 in marulius; 55-58 in aurolineata; 52-54 in auroflammea); and fewer anal-fin rays 29-30 (vs. 32-37 in marulius; 35-38 in aurolineata; 33-36 in auroflammea); distinguished from aurolineata and C. marulioides by the white spots along mid-lateral blotches faint or absent (vs, series of black scales rimmed in white along the mid-lateral dark blotches) in live adults; differs to South Indian C. pseudomarulius, by having more vertebrae 56 (vs. 55) and having more circumpeduncular scales 26-28 (vs. 24); differs C. cf. ara from the southwestern wet zone of Sri Lanka by having more circumpeduncular scales 26-28 (vs. 22-24); by the absence or faintness of the numerous large white spots along the mid-lateral dark blotches (vs. presence of spots in C. cf. ara) and by bright orange colouration in between the mid-lateral series of dark brown blotches when alive (vs white to yellow colouration)(Ref. 127648). Sudasinghe, H., E.A.S. Adamson, T. Ranasinghe, M. Meegaskumbura, C. Ikebe and R. Britz 2020 Unexpected species diversity within Sri Lanka’s snakehead fishes of the <i>Channa marulius</i> group (Teleostei: Channidae). Zootaxa 4747(1):113-132. (Ref. 127648) FB-Morphology-69839 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-10-24 00:00:00 2022-10-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69839 Dorsal soft rays (total): 47 - 48; Analsoft rays: 29 - 30; Vertebrae: 56 Sudasinghe, H., E.A.S. Adamson, T. Ranasinghe, M. Meegaskumbura, C. Ikebe and R. Britz 2020 Unexpected species diversity within Sri Lanka’s snakehead fishes of the <i>Channa marulius</i> group (Teleostei: Channidae). Zootaxa 4747(1):113-132. (Ref. 127648) FB-Distribution-69839 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-10-24 00:00:00 2022-11-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69839 Asia: Sri Lanka. Sudasinghe, H., E.A.S. Adamson, T. Ranasinghe, M. Meegaskumbura, C. Ikebe and R. Britz 2020 Unexpected species diversity within Sri Lanka’s snakehead fishes of the <i>Channa marulius</i> group (Teleostei: Channidae). Zootaxa 4747(1):113-132. (Ref. 127648) FB-Uses-69839 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-10-24 00:00:00 2022-10-24 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69839 fisheries: commercial FB-Size-69839 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-10-24 00:00:00 2022-10-24 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69839 65.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 127648)) Sudasinghe, H., E.A.S. Adamson, T. Ranasinghe, M. Meegaskumbura, C. Ikebe and R. Britz 2020 Unexpected species diversity within Sri Lanka’s snakehead fishes of the <i>Channa marulius</i> group (Teleostei: Channidae). Zootaxa 4747(1):113-132. (Ref. 127648) 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-69839 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-10-24 00:00:00 2022-10-24 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69839 benthopelagic; freshwater; depth range 0 - 1 m (Ref. 127648) Sudasinghe, H., E.A.S. Adamson, T. Ranasinghe, M. Meegaskumbura, C. Ikebe and R. Britz 2020 Unexpected species diversity within Sri Lanka’s snakehead fishes of the <i>Channa marulius</i> group (Teleostei: Channidae). Zootaxa 4747(1):113-132. (Ref. 127648)