What Channa species is this?
- Thread starter Shadow Chaos
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Hello............
Here are some pictures of Parachanna obscura!
Important is the stripe on the gill cover!
The pictures are :
obscura with 4-5cm
obscura subadult with 12cm
obscura adult with 30cm
cheers Pascal
Here are some pictures of Parachanna obscura!
Important is the stripe on the gill cover!
The pictures are :
obscura with 4-5cm
obscura subadult with 12cm
obscura adult with 30cm
cheers Pascal
Hello,
the specimen on pic1 is a Channa obscura (formerly known as Parachanna obscura), a species from Central Africa (especially Congo River) - growing up to 45cm ...
the specimen on pic2 ... there are two possibilities: Channa bleheri (normally this species has crimson-red spots on the head sides, but it is possible that this individuum is "shock-coloured") - or a Channa gachua, a local variety from Assam, India, that looks in many points similar to Channa bleheri, but has no red spots on the tail fin - unfortunately the tail fin cannot be seen on the pic.
Greetings
Uwe
the specimen on pic1 is a Channa obscura (formerly known as Parachanna obscura), a species from Central Africa (especially Congo River) - growing up to 45cm ...
the specimen on pic2 ... there are two possibilities: Channa bleheri (normally this species has crimson-red spots on the head sides, but it is possible that this individuum is "shock-coloured") - or a Channa gachua, a local variety from Assam, India, that looks in many points similar to Channa bleheri, but has no red spots on the tail fin - unfortunately the tail fin cannot be seen on the pic.
Greetings
Uwe
pallestopheles;1290954; said:
you can see my one here http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18209&page=46
It's an P.Insignis, close relative to P.Obscura. The spotting shape is slightly different, and the head shape & lenghth is also different, in comparison to P.Obscura. Just try'in to help..
