Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 48 - 49; Anal soft rays: 28 - 32; Vertebrae: 51 - 52. Can be diagnosed by having arc of mouth wide, length less than width, 58-59 lateral line scales, 51-52 vertebrae; 8-12 gill rakers on first arc, flat tongue with sucking thick circular arc, not accounting for all the mouth cavity width, and dark gray body with no stripes (Ref. 91062).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anabantiformes

Family: Channidae

Genus: Channa

Species: Channa ninhbinhensis Nguyen, 2011

Climate Zone

Location

• Asia: Vietnam.

Biology

Obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274)

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless