Volume 9, Issue 2, April 2019

Channa amari, a new species of Snakehead (Teleostei: Channidae) from North Bengal, India

Author(s): Arpita Dey*, Basudhara Roy Chowdhury, Ruksa Nur, Debapriya Sarkar, Laishram Kosygin and Sudip Barat
Abstract: Channa amari, a new ornamental species is described from Bhalka forest, West Bengal, India. It differs from congeners in having the following combination characters: absence of pelvic fins; 37 dorsal fin rays; 12-13 pectoral fin rays with 4-5 black bands; 23 – 25 anal fin rays; 10-11 caudal fin rays; 44- 45 lateral line pored scales; 40- 41 total vertebrae; 11-13 transverse scales rows; head length 29.4 % SL; inter-orbital space 32.6 % HL. This species is very colourful and may be considered as ornamental fish.
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Arpita Dey*, Basudhara Roy Chowdhury, Ruksa Nur, Debapriya Sarkar, Laishram Kosygin and Sudip Barat. Channa amari, a new species of Snakehead (Teleostei: Channidae) from North Bengal, India. 2019; 9(2): 299-304.