Barca snakehead
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Species: | C. barca
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Channa barca (F. Hamilton, 1822)
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The Barca snakehead (Channa barca) is a rare species of snakehead. Its type location is Goalpara, a small city on the southern banks of the Brahmaputra River in Assam, India. In Assam, it is locally known as cheng garaka or garaka cheng.
References
- "Channa barca". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Channa barca". FishBase. January 2006 version.
External links
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