Fish Fauna of D’ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary and adjacent areas, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Author
Dam, Debashree
Author
Kumar, Anil
text
Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2018
2018-06-26
118
2
162
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http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i2/2018/129065
journal article
10.26515/rzsi/v118/i2/2018/129065
2581-8686
13183805
17.
Channa punctata
(Bloch, 1793)
1793.
Ophiocephalus punctatus
Bloch,
Naturges Ausland. Fishe
,
7:
139 pl. 358 (
Type
locality- Coromondol coast).
Common name:
Spotted Snakehead
Material examined:
01 Ex. (Regd. No. V/APFS/P-494), Sibia River near Borguli Range, DWS, 08.10.06
Distribution within NE:
Throughout the North East.
Distribution within
Arunachal Pradesh
:
River Subansiri (Lower Subansiri district), River Dikrong (Papumpare District).
Special remarks:
It was collected from a stagnant pool of murky water on the side of Sibia River. It status is assessed as LRnt. It forms one of the species of cage culture and also responds to hypophysation (
Nath & Dey, 2000
).