Chaca chaca
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Chaca chaca (F. Hamilton, 1822)
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Platystacus chaca F. Hamilton, 1822 |
Chaca chaca is a species of angler catfish found in the Ganges-Brahmaputra River system of India and the Ayeyarwady River of Myanmar,[1] where it is found in rivers, canals and ponds of grassland, scrubland, deciduous forest and rainforest habitats.[2] These species grow to a length of 20.0 cm (7.9 inches). This fish is found in the aquarium trade. In Assam, it is locally known as kurkuri.
It is now listed as an endangered species.[3]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Chaca chaca" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ Roberts, Tyson R. (1982). "A Revision of the South and Southeast Asian Angler-Catfishes (Chacidae)". Copeia. 1982 (4). American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists: 895–901. doi:10.2307/1444100. JSTOR 1444100.
- ^ Goswami* UC. Basistha SK. , Bora D, Shyamkumar K, Saikia B , Changsan K (2012) Fish diversity of North East India, inclusive of the Himalayan and Indo Burma biodiversity hotspotszones: A checklist on their taxonomic status, economic importance, geographical distribution, present status and prevailing threats. INT J BIODIVERS CONSER VOL. 4(15), PP. 592-613.