Biology:Channa stewartii
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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. stewartii
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| Channa stewartii Playfair, 1867
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Channa stewartii is a species of dwarf snakehead in the family Channidae,[3] which is native to Nepal and the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura. It may also be found in Bangladesh.[1] This freshwater fish mostly inhabits hill streams,[1] but can also be found in ponds.[2] It is of little value as a food fish but common in the aquarium trade.[4]
It reaches up to 25 cm (10 in) in length.[2]
The specific name honours Major Robert Stewart who was the Superintendent of Cachar in Assam, the type locality. Stewart gave Playfair a collection of specimens of fishes from Cachar, including the type of this one.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chaudhry, S. (2010). "Channa stewartii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T166650A6255696. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166650A6255696.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/166650/6255696. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Channa stewartii" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
- ↑ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Channa stewartii". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=642761#null.
- ↑ "Channa stewartii". https://archive.usgs.gov/archive/sites/fl.biology.usgs.gov/Snakehead_circ_1251/html/channa_stewartii.html.
- ↑ "Order ANABANTIFORMES: Families ANABANTIDAE, HELOSTOMATIDAE, OSPHRONEMIDAE, CHANNIDAE, NANDIDAE, BADIDAE, and PRISTOLEPIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 21 October 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/anabantiformes/.
Wikidata ☰ Q6424028 entry
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