counting scales on a snakehead

[steenmillinder]

Is my count correct?

13 predorsal scales?
7 preopercular scales?

I'm not sure I get from where to where to count..

46 dorsal fin rays
30 anal fin rays

at the 17'th or 18'th scale, the lateral line drops and has 48 scales I total, not totally sure here...

from:

https://web.archive.org/web/2008120...Snakehead_circ_1251/html/channa_marulius.html

and:

https://archive.usgs.gov/archive/si...kehead_circ_1251/html/channa_marulioides.html

seems marulioides according to the count if done correctly, but just looks soooo marulius...

 

[Mazhar26]

Let him grow bro, u get what is it marulius or marulius is,, both way a win win for ya,,

 

[steenmillinder]

i gave it back to the LFS, guy there(really cool fella) told me he had counted all these things to, and if the way i have counted is correct i think its a marlioides to, so I'm gonna go get him back, a marulius would be a perfeck excuse for a massiv plywood build anyway