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Channa aurolineata (Day, 1870)

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anabantiformes (Gouramies, snakeheads) > Channidae (Snakeheads)
Etymology: Channa: Greek, channe, -es = an anchovy (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic; potamodromous (Ref. 51243). Tropical

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Asia: Myanmar. . The Indo-Burman ranges appear to delineate the western geographical limit of this species, with C. marulius restricted to the western side of this mountain chain.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 55 - 58; Vertebrae: 63 - 66. This species is distinguished from C. marulius by a different colour pattern, in which a conspicuous white posterior margin is present on the black scales that form the dark lateral blotches in larger juveniles and adults (vs. scales without white margin but with white spots in C. marulius); by having more lateral line scales 65-71 (vs 62-65); more dorsal-fin rays 55-58 (vs 52-56); more vertebrae 63-66 (vs 59-63). In addition, this apecies is genetically more than 8% different (uncorrected p-distance) from C. marulius at the COI barcoding gene, a difference consistent with levels of genetic divergence observed among different species. The same characters that distinguish this species from C. marulius also distinguish it from C. pseudomarulius, the other Indian member of the Marulius group (Ref. 130878)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Obligate air-breathing

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Adamson, E.A.S. and R. Britz, 2018. The snakehead fish Channa aurolineata is a valid species (Teleostei: Channidae) distinct from Channa marulius. Zootaxa 4514 (no. 4): 542-552 (Ref. 130878)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = No PD50 data   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.9   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100).