Description

Adult has a metallic iridescent green base color pattern, with 3-4 lateral yellow to orange ocelli with black center on the body and an additional ocellus on both the opercle and caudal fin base, and orange patches on the base of anal and caudal fins. The young fish exhibits a reticulated pattern of 4-6 longitudinal interrupted black stripes on body, with faint black patches on lateral which would eventually develop into ocelli (Ref. 56386).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anabantiformes

Family: Channidae

Genus: Channa

Species: Channa pleurophthalma (Bleeker, 1851)

Climate Zone

Location

• Asia: Sumatra in Indonesia and Borneo.

Biology

Obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Occurs in areas with black and clear waters (Ref. 56749).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Near Threatened

Threat to Humans

Harmless