Channa baramensis (Steindachner, 1901)
Baram snakehead
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Anabantiformes (Gouramies, snakeheads) > Channidae (Snakeheads)
Etymology: Channa: Greek, channe, -es = an anchovy (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Steindachner.
Etymology: Channa: Greek, channe, -es = an anchovy (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Steindachner.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
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Asia: Malaysia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274)
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Main reference
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Musikasinthorn, P., 2000. Channa aurantimaculata, a new channid fish from Assam (Brahmaputra River basin), India, with designation of a neotype for C. amphibeus (McClelland, 1845). Ichthyol. Res. 47(1):27-37. (Ref. 36343)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 26 November 2019
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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