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Channa marulius (Hamilton, 1822)

Common Names

  • Haal
  • Gajal
  • Gajar
  • Gajar
  • Gozar
  • Sal
  • \u0997\u099c\u09be\u09b0
  • Nga-yan-daing
  • K\u00e6mpe-slangehovedfisk
  • Bullseye snakehead
  • Giant snakehead
  • Giant snakehead
  • Giant snakehead
  • Great snakehead
  • Hiid-madupea
  • Intiank\u00e4\u00e4rmeenp\u00e4\u00e4
  • Augenfleck-Schlangenkopf
  • Bohr
  • Pumuri
  • Pumurl
  • \u092a\u0941\u092e\u0941\u0930\u0940
  • Avalu
  • Aviu
  • Hoovina-mural
  • Madinji
  • \u0cae\u0ca6\u0cbf\u0c82\u0c9c\u0cbf
  • Trey raws
  • Pa gooan
  • Pa kouan
  • Pba gooa
  • Bral
  • Chaeru veraal
  • Curuva
  • Vral
  • \u0d1a\u0d47\u0d31\u0d41 \u0d2e\u0d40\u0d28\u0d4d
  • \u0d2c\u0d4d\u0d30\u0d3e\u0d32\u0d4d
  • \u5de8\u9c67
  • \u5de8\u9ce2
  • \u5de8\u9ce2
  • \u773c\u9c67
  • \u773c\u9ce2
  • \u897f\u6c0f\u9c67
  • \u897f\u6c0f\u9ce2
  • Kalamasa
  • Maral
  • Ngamuporom
  • Bhaura
  • Saul
  • Saur
  • Saura
  • \u0938\u094b\u0930\u093e
  • \u0938\u094b\u0932
  • Saal
  • Dowlah
  • Kubrah
  • Sawal
  • Sawl
  • \u0a38\u0a3e\u0a35\u0a32
  • \u0a15\u0a41\u0a2c\u0a30\u0a3e
  • Zmeegolov-maruliy
  • Ara
  • Bullseye snakehead
  • Aviri
  • Coaree veralavuree
  • Iru viral
  • Puveral
  • \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf
  • \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bc0
  • \u0b95\u0bcb\u0bb0\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bc0
  • \u0baa\u0bc2\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd
  • Phool-mural
  • Phoola-chapa
  • Pool-a-malle
  • Poomenu
  • \u0c2a\u0c42\u0c32 \u0c05 \u0c2e\u0c32\u0c4d\u0c32\u0c3f
  • Pla tjon gnoo aow

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Anabantiformes

    Family: Channidae

    Genus: Channa

    Species: Channa marulius (Hamilton, 1822)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

    • Asia: India to China, south to Thailand and Cambodia (Ref. 12693) and Pakistan (Ref. 4833).

    Biology

    Obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Adults occur in sluggish or standing water in canals, lakes, and swamps (Ref. 12693). Inhabit waters with submerged aquatic vegetation (Ref. 12693). Usually found only in deep pools in rivers and occasionally in lakes. They enter flooded forest (Ref. 9497). Carnivorous and subsist on fish, frogs, snakes, insects, earthworms and tadpoles (Ref. 1479). There are reports of this species taking water birds, snakes, and rodents. Males are territorial. May bite when caught (Elliot Bligh, pers. comm., 2001).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Traumatogenic

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