Wild channas

Auranti

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My friend and I planned a little expedition trip. Here are the wild Channas we found. We also found many other fishes, if you're interested, you are free to browse my flickr. I'll only post the Channas ;).

Enjoy!!

Start off with this cute lil guy in a small isolated pond.


Channa gachua by Aristoheliam, on Flickr

His patterns


Channa gachua by Aristoheliam, on Flickr

Next we found this family of Channa melasoma!

Parents are not around, but its alright.

The fry have a beautiful and striking colour


Channa melasoma by Aristoheliam, on Flickr


Channa melasoma by Aristoheliam, on Flickr

We did not harvest any. I do have 2 fry, but they are from a man made drain along the roadside (surprising find!). This was the first time i encountered C melasoma in the pristine wild.

Next, we went deeper and found the all beautiful, Channa lucius, once again.


Channa lucius by Aristoheliam, on Flickr


Channa lucius by Aristoheliam, on Flickr

Than right next to it, a beautiful black Channa melasoma adult, about a foot in length, was staring at the both of us. Before we took a good photo, it vanished into the murky water.
This was all i could manage.


Channa melasoma by Aristoheliam, on Flickr

We tried to catch it, but as with Channas, he was gone in a flash. Super quick fishes, truly an amazing encounter.

On our way back, we caught this unique Channa gachua. Up until now, all i've seen were the brown mottled ones, but this one was beautiful. There was this thick, red rim, much like a laos fireback, running down the dorsal fin and blue anal fins. Truly spectacular. Im hoping it is a new sub species or variant.


Channa gachua by Aristoheliam, on Flickr

Here is the beautiful colouration


Channa gachua by Aristoheliam, on Flickr

In the same pool we found him, we found these.


Channa gachua by Aristoheliam, on Flickr

Probably C gachua fry, could even be theirs. Does not resemble lucius or melasoma, and the puddle was too small for our local C striata to breed.

That is all, hope you enjoyed :)
 

jaws7777

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Very cool thanks for sharing that

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-DC-

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Awesome! my jealousy continues to grow...
 

Chub_by

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Very, very cool. Thanks for sharing these amazing pics! Did you keep the one you think may be a new variant?
 

Auranti

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Thank you guys :).

DC, come down to Singapore for a lil while! :D

Chub_by - Possibly. I was thinking that, either that or it was released, but i doubt it as the area is one of the more pristine areas, whereby invasive species has not ventured in...yet...
 

Miguel

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Wow and wow and wow!

The one you mention sure looks like a fire back.

Did you keep that one?
 

Auranti

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Thanks Miguel :).
I do not take any specimen from the pristine wild, from man made drains i do, in some cases, but not these. Plus the same pool where the fireback looking gachua was caught, i found baby gachuas. This piece was certainly small, but could be the parent, so i definitely couldn't take it.
 

Miguel

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Hats off to You!

I do not know i would resist it. Hats off, sincerely.
 
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