Channa punctata ';
General information
 
Channa punctata (Bloch, 1787)
 
 
Common nameSpotted snakehead
Synonyms
Ophicephalus indicus McClelland 1842
Ophicephalus karruwey Lacepede, 1801
Ophicephalus punctatus Bloch, 1793
Ophiocephalus affinis Gunther 1861
Ophiocephalus punctatus Bloch, 1793
Ophiocephalus indicus McClelland, 1842
Ophiocephalus karrouveri Lacepede, 1801
Ophiocephalus lata Hamilton 1822
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Least Concern (LC)
Habitat
Freshwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorphata; Anabantomorpharia; Anabantiformes; Channidae.
Geographical distribution
India; China; Bangladesh; Malaysia; Sri Lanka; Pakistan; Thailand; Myanmar; Nepal; Afghanistan
Occurrence Native: India, China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Myanmar, Nepal, Afghanistan
Questionable: Malaysia, Thailand
Importance
Food/ornamental/sports
Remarks
Nil
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Guwahati, Silchar in Assam & Shillong in Meghalaya, India
Source of chromosomes
Kidney and Testis
Number of specimens with sex
51
Diploid chromosome number
34
Karyotype formula
16m+14sm+4A
Fundamental arm number
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
Not detected
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Nil
Reference(s)
Dhar NJ, Chatterjee K (1986). A Distinctive Chromosomal Race of Channid Fish, Channa punctata. Microbios letters, 33: 15-18.
Karyotype /Metaphase complement image