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  • Channa barca
  • Channa barca
  • Channa barca
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Scientific Name Channa barca  (Hamilton, 1822)
Common Name Barca Snakehead
Type Locality Brahmaputra River near Goyalpara [Goalpara], Assam, India.
Pronunciation Cha na
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Size 900mm or 35.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Asia: India and Bangladesh.
IUCN Red List Category Data Deficient, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2009.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges, pp 67, 367, Pl. 35 (fig. 20)
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Last Update 2013 Aug 26 09:24 (species record created: 2011 Aug 03 11:56)