Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 34 - 38; Anal soft rays: 23 - 26; Vertebrae: 42 - 45. Dorsum black to purplish-black, posterior part below lateral lines sometimes with black oblique streaks on dark grey background; ventrum dirty white to grey, with scattered darker grey spots; throat with bluish spots and blotches on dark-grey background, appearing marbled.. Head distinctly flatter and less convex (postorbital depth 30.9-35% HL); head length 33.2-34% SL; head width 16.9-19% SL; pelvic fins 2.3-3% of inter-pelvic fin distance (Ref. 44371).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anabantiformes

Family: Channidae

Genus: Channa

Species: Channa harcourtbutleri (Annandale, 1918)

Climate Zone

Location

• Asia: Myanmar and India.

Biology

Obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Maximum length recorded is 19.4 cm SL (Ref. 116754).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Near Threatened

Threat to Humans

Harmless