Channa harcourtbutleri
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Channa harcourtbutleri is an endemic species of snakehead from Lake Inlé in Myanmar. It is one of the smallest species of snakehead and has a length of 20 cm. Among aquarists it belongs to the group of Dwarf snakeheads, but no import for aquarists is known. The species was considered for a long time to be a junior synonym for Channa gachua. In fact, both species closely resemble each other. The article on its revalidation only mentions 3 discriminating features like the missing ocellus in the dorsal fin of Channa harcourtbutleri during its juvenile state. It is very possibly a mouthbrooder and eats a wide range of foods including insects, small fish but no animals like frogs.
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- Channa harcourtbutleri (TSN 642753). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 18 April 2006.
- "Channa harcourtbutleri". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. November 2005 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2005.
- Ng, H.H.; Ng, Peter K.L.; Britz, Ralf 1999: Channa harcourtbutleri (Annandale, 1918): a valid species of snakehead (Perciformes: Channidae) from Myanmar. Journal of South Asian Natural History. Vol.4: 57-63.
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