Help with ID!!!

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pdwh1971

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Hey Guys

This guy from my country is selling 4 of the SH on the photos below...

They are supposed to be about 10"

Is is Channa Marulius (cobra) or Channa Marulioides (Emperor)??

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Think its marulioides, too
 
Hi Guys

Thanx for your answers... I have been searching the net almost the whole day to sort the question out myself.

Talked to the guys whos selling the fishes - he called them Malaysian Snakeheads. Ch. Marulius does not live in malaysia and Indonesia - but Ch. Marulioides does.

Also until now I thought that it was only Ch. Marulius who has the "Bullseye" spot on the tail - but it seems that some species of Ch. Marulioides also have the tail-spot... (one example is here: http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/Snakehead_circ_1251/html/channa_marulioides.html)

Finally from looking at a lot of pictures it seems that the Marulius is slightly longer and slender (eel-like) than Marulioides. The fish on the pictures seems more "blocky" and thick to me...

So my guess would actually be Ch. Marulioides aswell (sorry Tropheus ;))

Please correct me if I´m wrong in the above...

Cheers,
Peter
 
no worries mate you are completely correct , marulioides also can have tail spot , and if from Malaysia then it is 100% maruliodes , marulius is generally longer although hard to tell unless you have two side by side , some maruliodes are longish also , you can usually tell by the head maruliodes generally has much shorter head from nose to gills

glad you got it pinned down
 
Tropheus:

Yeah got one home yesterday... picked the smallest of the buch.. he´s around 10"... he got at little beat-up when we loaded him.. fled onto the floor and stuff

I´ll post some pics when he´s not hiding anymore

cheers,
Peter
 
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