Channa gachua (Hamilton, 1822)

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Channa gachua (Hamilton, 1822) – Native ( Fig. 460)

Ophiocephalus aurantiacus Hamilton [F.] 1822: 69, 368; Type locality: Mountain stream near Goyalpara near northeastern frontier of Bengal, India. No types known.

Ophicephalus gachua Hamilton [F.] 1822: 68, 367; Type locality: Ponds and ditches of Bengal. Syntypes:?BMNH 1858.8.15.54 (1),?BMNH 1858.8.15.144 (1).

Ophicephalus marginatus Cuvier [G.] 1829: 230; Type locality: Vizagapattam, India. No types known. Non-types: MNHN 0000–2247 (4) Java, 0000–2248 (1) Indian seas, A–0395 (1) Coromandel, A–0396 (1) Java.

Ophicephalus coramota Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831: 414; Type locality: Vizagapatam [Visakhapatnam], India.

Ophicephalus fuscus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831: 414; Type locality: Mysore and Bengal, India. Syntypes: MNHN A–0398 (1), A–0623 (1).

Ophicephalus montanus McClelland [J.] 1842: 583; Type locality: Baisoot, Jullalabad, Himalaya and Sadoa, Afghanistan. Syntypes: (2) BMNH 1843.2.25.59 (1, stuffed) Afghanistan.

Ophiocephalus gachua var. basalis Günther [A.] 1861: 472; Type locality: East Indies. Syntypes: BMNH (2 or 3).

Common name: Pr: Mahi sar mari, En: Dwarf snakehead.

Diagnosis: The large head scales and elongate dorsal and anal fins are distinctive.

Meristic characters: D: I 30–37, A: I 20–24, P: 13–16, LL: 39–47, TV:?.

Distribution: Makran, Mashkid and Hamun-e Jaz Murian basins ( Fig. 461). Reported from Dasht, Rakshan, Mashkid, Bampur, Sarbaz and Halil Rivers.

Taxonomy: Roberts (1989) synonymized with Channa orientalis, Shrestha (1978) regard as valid and full species.

Conservation: IUCN: Least Concern ( Chaudhry

2010b).