Channa gachua ( Hamilton, 1822 )
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Channa gachua ( Hamilton, 1822 ) |
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Channa gachua ( Hamilton, 1822) View in CoL View at ENA
[N]—Dwarf snakehead
Taxonomy. Original description: Ophicephalus gachua Hamilton, 1822: 68 View in CoL , 367, pl. 21, fig. 21 (ponds and ditches of Bengal; no types known).— Afghanistan synonyms: Ophiocephalus aurantiacus Hamilton, 1822 View in CoL ; Ophicephalus coramota Cuvier, 1831 ; Ophicephalus fuscus Cuvier, 1831 ; Ophicephalus marginatus Cuvier, 1829 View in CoL ; Ophicephalus montanus McClelland, 1842 .—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Hamilton (1822: pl. 21, fig. 21) as Ophiocephalus gachua View in CoL ; Britz (2019: pl. 43).
Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Day (1876b: 367); confirmed by Balon and Hensel (1970), Coad (1981: 17 as Ophicephalus gachua ; 2014: 312; 2015: 229).—Afghanistan materials: None.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Kabul River.—General distribution: South Asia: Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India (West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goalpara, Visakhapatnam), Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. Introduced in Yunnan ( China).—Habitat: This species is present in almost all wetlands. Freshwater.
Economic importance. Valuable for the aquarium trade.
Reasons of introduction. Ornamental fish industry.
Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: LC ( Chaudhry 2010d).—Threats: Threats are not expected, but further investigation is required following taxonomic revision.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Stable.—Low priority for conservation action.
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Channa gachua ( Hamilton, 1822 )
Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Eagderi, Soheil, Sungur, Sevil, Coad, Brian W & Hamdard, Mohammad Hamid 2023 |
Ophicephalus montanus
McClelland 1842 |
Ophicephalus coramota
Cuvier 1831 |
Ophicephalus fuscus
Cuvier 1831 |
Ophicephalus marginatus
Cuvier 1829 |
Ophicephalus gachua
Hamilton 1822: 68 |
Ophiocephalus aurantiacus
Hamilton 1822 |
Ophiocephalus gachua
Hamilton 1822 |