Channa melasoma ( Bleeker, 1851 )
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C67B1D-FFD3-FFA4-0DA6-4D99628071B8 |
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Channa melasoma ( Bleeker, 1851 ) |
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Channa melasoma ( Bleeker, 1851) View in CoL
Ophiocephalus melanosoma Bleeker 1856: 214 View in CoL .
Ophicephalus mystax Bleeker, 1853: 188 View in CoL .
Material examined. Table 1.
This species can be distinguished from C. baramensis (former considered a junior synonym of C. melasoma , currently a valid species) by the absence of a black spot in the centre of numerous body scales (vs presence of a black spot in this region) and absence of a barred caudalfin pattern (vs presence of this pattern in specimens larger
than 120 mm SL). This species inhabits medium-sized to large rivers ( Taki 1978) and occurs in shaded forest streams with sluggish, acidic water, and submerged roots and leaf litter substrates. It also appears to be mainly noc- turnal and feeds on small animals ( Lim et al. 2008).
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Channa melasoma ( Bleeker, 1851 )
| Ikhwanuddin, Mat Esa Mohd, Amal, Mohammad Noor Azmai, Aziz, Azizul, Sepet, Johari, Talib, Abdullah, Ismail, Muhammad Faiz & Hashim, Nor Rasidah 2017 |
Ophiocephalus melanosoma
| Bleeker P 1856: 214 |
Ophicephalus mystax
| Bleeker P 1853: 188 |