Channa striata
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The snakehead murrel, Channa striata, is a species of snakehead. It is also known as the common snakehead, snakehead murrel, chevron snakehead, striped snakehead and aruan.
It grows up to 1 m in length, though because of fishing this size is not found in the wild. It has a widespread range covering southern China, Pakistan, most of India, southern Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and most of South-east Asia. It is an important food fish in its native range and is of considerable economic importance. Adults are dark brown in colour with faint black bands visible across its entire body. Males and female both help to construct a nest out of water vegetation during breeding time and the eggs are guarded by the male.
It is common in freshwater plains, where it migrates from rivers and lakes into flooded fields, returning to the permanent water bodies in the dry season, where it survives by burrowing in the mud.
[edit] References
- Channa striata (TSN 166667). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 18 April 2006.
- "Channa striata". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
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