ID: Saw this guy from my local fish importer

[Calc]

Saw this guy from my local fish importer,
I am currently housing 5 C.Bleheri in a heavily planted tank,
thinking if i should get few of these guys and sell the bleheris

 

[Far2lively]

wow never seen a snakehead that looks like that before, not sure on the species, very colourful though

 

[Brian vasquez]

go to the snakehead thread and sum has this id on there post

 

[bottles]

Those are channa sp. assam. I just picked up 7 from Pat. He's a nice guy and I recommend him. He has these mislabled as channa amphibius.

 

[Brucki]

Hi,

yes its sp. assam. Sadly some guys jump oin the train started by Mr. Bleher that these are Channa amphibeus. But sp. Assam never get the size amphibeus are described with. So its surely NOT amphibeus.

Its a yet undescribed species known as sp. Assam.

Cheers guys

 

[Calc]

Are they more rare compare to C.Bleheri?

 

[Tabby7]

Hi

Yes, they have a lesser distribution range than bleheri so we can call it wildcaughts are not as frequent as bleheri. They are not from Assam, India but from West Bengal, India and the locals call them 'Lal Cheng'. This year a lot have been caught and circulating in the trade worldwide. It's a cracking little dwarf Channa which breeds easily.

Cheers,
Tabby

 

[Tabby7]

Hi

Yes, they have a lesser distribution range than bleheri so we can call it wildcaughts are not as frequent as bleheri. They are not from Assam, India but from West Bengal, India and the locals call them 'Lal Cheng'. This year a lot have been caught and circulating in the trade worldwide. It's a cracking little dwarf Channa which breeds easily.

Cheers,
Tabby

 

[abh_mac]

beautiful sp.assam with so much red,its a female i suppose