Barca snakehead
| Barca snakehead | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anabantiformes |
| Family: | Channidae |
| Genus: | Channa |
| Species: | C. barca
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| Binomial name | |
| Channa barca (F. Hamilton, 1822)
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The Barca snakehead (Channa barca) is a rare species of snakehead. It is found near the banks of the Brahmaputra River in the state of Assam in India, and Bangladesh. In Assam, it is locally known as cheng garaka or garaka cheng. It has been assessed as Critically Endangered in Bangladesh by IUCN in 2014.[2]
Habitat
Barca snakehead has been reported to be found in Sylhet, Mymensingh Districts of Bangladesh, Goalpara, Assam and Nagaland of India and also Nepal.[2]
The species is carnivorous, benthopelagic, potamodromous, breeding seasonal.[3]
References
- ^ IUCN. "Channa barca: Chaudhry, S." IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2010-4.rlts.t166596a6244166.en.
- ^ a b "Details - Updating Species Red List of Bangladesh". www.iucnredlistbd.org. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ Rahman, A.K. Ataur (2005). Freshwater fishes of Bangladesh. Dhaka, Bangladesh: Zoological Society of Bangladesh, Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka.
External links
- "Channa barca". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Channa barca". FishBase. January 2006 version.
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