c. melanoptera
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maybe any expert out there can identify for us
to know for sure you will need to know where the fish was captured , to be certain its a C. melanopterus it needs to come from borneo , there are reports from samartra but many think these are misidentified Channa marulioides .
personally i think its Channa marulioides as there is very slight sign of flower on side , C. melanopterus lacks this compleatly , below is the report from the usgs page allough this states that all marulioides have the ocellated spot on the upper part of the caudal fin base ,we now know this not to be true and some do lack this spot,
No patch of scales on gular region of head. Dorsal fin rays 44-48; anal fin rays 28-32. Lateral line scales 54-57; predorsal scales 13-15. Lateral line curves downward at lateral line scales 16-18. Preopercular scales 5-8. Unfortunately, these characters are about equal to those of Channa marulioides. Lee and Ng (1994) stated that the only way to separate these two species is by coloration. Channa marulioides possesses an ocellated spot on the upper part of the caudal fin base, similar to that in C. marulius, and C. melanopterus lacks this ocellus. There are also differences in coloration of live individuals (Lee and Ng, 1994). Channa marulioides also differs from C. melanopterus in that the former often (but not always) possesses several patches of dark scales rimmed by white margins along the sides of the body (Lee and Ng, 1994).
personally i think its Channa marulioides as there is very slight sign of flower on side , C. melanopterus lacks this compleatly , below is the report from the usgs page allough this states that all marulioides have the ocellated spot on the upper part of the caudal fin base ,we now know this not to be true and some do lack this spot,
No patch of scales on gular region of head. Dorsal fin rays 44-48; anal fin rays 28-32. Lateral line scales 54-57; predorsal scales 13-15. Lateral line curves downward at lateral line scales 16-18. Preopercular scales 5-8. Unfortunately, these characters are about equal to those of Channa marulioides. Lee and Ng (1994) stated that the only way to separate these two species is by coloration. Channa marulioides possesses an ocellated spot on the upper part of the caudal fin base, similar to that in C. marulius, and C. melanopterus lacks this ocellus. There are also differences in coloration of live individuals (Lee and Ng, 1994). Channa marulioides also differs from C. melanopterus in that the former often (but not always) possesses several patches of dark scales rimmed by white margins along the sides of the body (Lee and Ng, 1994).