Channa_stewartii

<i>Channa stewartii</i>

Channa stewartii

Species of fish

Channa stewartii is a species of dwarf snakehead in the family Channidae,[3] which is native to Nepal and the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura. It may also be found in Bangladesh.[1] This freshwater fish mostly inhabits hill streams,[1] but can also be found in ponds.[2] It is of little value as a food fish but common in the aquarium trade.[4]

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It reaches up to 25 cm (10 in) in length.[2]

The specific name honours Major Robert Stewart who was the Superintendent of Cachar in Assam, the type locality. Stewart gave Playfair a collection of specimens of fishes from Cachar, including the type of this one.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Chaudhry, S. (2010). "Channa stewartii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T166650A6255696. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166650A6255696.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Channa stewartii" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
  3. [3]
    "ITIS Standard Report Page: Channa stewartii". www.itis.gov.
  4. [4]
    "Channa stewartii". archive.usgs.gov. Archived from the original on 2017-01-08. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
  5. [5]
    Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (21 October 2019). "Order ANABANTIFORMES: Families ANABANTIDAE, HELOSTOMATIDAE, OSPHRONEMIDAE, CHANNIDAE, NANDIDAE, BADIDAE, and PRISTOLEPIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 December 2019.


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