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 2 162 162 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 ).