Channa Bhoi
📖 Overview
Obligate air-breathing; This species inhabits a shallow stream passing under large boulders with sandy bottom and riparian vegetation .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
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 .: elongated; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Channa Bhoi is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Channa Bhoi is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Channa Bhoi is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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