Chaca chaca
| Chaca chaca | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Superfamily: | Siluroidea |
| Family: | Chacidae |
| Genus: | Chaca |
| Species: | C. chaca |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaca chaca (F. Hamilton, 1822) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Platystacus chaca F. Hamilton, 1822 | |
Chaca chaca is a species of angler catfish found in the Ganges-Brahmaputra River system of India and the Ayeyarwady River of Myanmar,[1] where it is found in rivers, canals and ponds of grassland, scrubland, deciduous forest and rainforest habitats.[2] These species grow to a length of 20.0 cm (7.9 inches). This fish is found in the aquarium trade. In Assam, it is locally known as kurkuri.
It is now listed as an endangered species.[3]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Chaca chaca" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ↑ Roberts, Tyson R. (1982). "A Revision of the South and Southeast Asian Angler-Catfishes (Chacidae)". Copeia (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists) 1982 (4): 895–901. doi:10.2307/1444100. JSTOR 1444100.
- ↑ Goswami* UC. Basistha SK. , Bora D, Shyamkumar K, Saikia B , Changsan K (2012) Fish diversity of North East India, inclusive of the Himalayan and Indo Burma biodiversity hotspotszones: A checklist on their taxonomic status, economic importance, geographical distribution, present status and prevailing threats. INT J BIODIVERS CONSER VOL. 4(15), PP. 592-613.
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