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Channa pseudomarulius  (Günther, 1861)

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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Channidae (Snakeheads)
Etymology: Channa: Greek, channe, -es = an anchovy (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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Asia: Southern Western Ghats, peninsular India.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116423)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 47-50; Anal soft rays: 29 - 33; Vertebrae: 55. Channa pseudomarulius is distinguished from C. marulius by having fewer lateral line scales (59-61 vs. 63-65), fewer dorsal-fin rays (47-50 vs. 52-56) and anal-fin rays (29-33 vs. 33-37) and fewer vertebrae (55 vs 59-63), and by a shorter body/longer head especially in specimens over 20.0 cm SL (Ref. 116423).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Britz, R., E. Adamson, R. Raghavan, A. Ali and N. Dahanukar, 2017. Channa pseudomarulius, a valid species of snakehead from the Western Ghats region of peninsular India (Teleostei: Channidae), with comments on Ophicephalus grandinosus, O. theophrasti and O. leucopunctatus. Zootaxa 4299(4):529-545. (Ref. 116423)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 115941)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00871 (0.00388 - 0.01954), b=2.99 (2.81 - 3.17), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic Level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.6 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 69278):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100) .