My friend and I planned a little expedition trip. Here are the wild Channas we found. We also found many other fishes, if you're interested, you are free to browse my flickr. I'll only post the Channas 
.
Enjoy!!
Start off with this cute lil guy in a small isolated pond.
Channa gachua by Aristoheliam, on Flickr
His patterns
Channa gachua by Aristoheliam, on Flickr
Next we found this family of Channa melasoma!
Parents are not around, but its alright.
The fry have a beautiful and striking colour
Channa melasoma by Aristoheliam, on Flickr
Channa melasoma by Aristoheliam, on Flickr
We did not harvest any. I do have 2 fry, but they are from a man made drain along the roadside (surprising find!). This was the first time i encountered C melasoma in the pristine wild.
Next, we went deeper and found the all beautiful, Channa lucius, once again.
Channa lucius by Aristoheliam, on Flickr
Channa lucius by Aristoheliam, on Flickr
Than right next to it, a beautiful black Channa melasoma adult, about a foot in length, was staring at the both of us. Before we took a good photo, it vanished into the murky water.
This was all i could manage.
Channa melasoma by Aristoheliam, on Flickr
We tried to catch it, but as with Channas, he was gone in a flash. Super quick fishes, truly an amazing encounter.
On our way back, we caught this unique Channa gachua. Up until now, all i've seen were the brown mottled ones, but this one was beautiful. There was this thick, red rim, much like a laos fireback, running down the dorsal fin and blue anal fins. Truly spectacular. Im hoping it is a new sub species or variant.
Channa gachua by Aristoheliam, on Flickr
Here is the beautiful colouration
Channa gachua by Aristoheliam, on Flickr
In the same pool we found him, we found these.
Channa gachua by Aristoheliam, on Flickr
Probably C gachua fry, could even be theirs. Does not resemble lucius or melasoma, and the puddle was too small for our local C striata to breed.
That is all, hope you enjoyed
.Enjoy!!
Start off with this cute lil guy in a small isolated pond.
Channa gachua by Aristoheliam, on Flickr
His patterns
Channa gachua by Aristoheliam, on Flickr
Next we found this family of Channa melasoma!
Parents are not around, but its alright.
The fry have a beautiful and striking colour
Channa melasoma by Aristoheliam, on Flickr
Channa melasoma by Aristoheliam, on Flickr
We did not harvest any. I do have 2 fry, but they are from a man made drain along the roadside (surprising find!). This was the first time i encountered C melasoma in the pristine wild.
Next, we went deeper and found the all beautiful, Channa lucius, once again.
Channa lucius by Aristoheliam, on Flickr
Channa lucius by Aristoheliam, on Flickr
Than right next to it, a beautiful black Channa melasoma adult, about a foot in length, was staring at the both of us. Before we took a good photo, it vanished into the murky water.
This was all i could manage.
Channa melasoma by Aristoheliam, on Flickr
We tried to catch it, but as with Channas, he was gone in a flash. Super quick fishes, truly an amazing encounter.
On our way back, we caught this unique Channa gachua. Up until now, all i've seen were the brown mottled ones, but this one was beautiful. There was this thick, red rim, much like a laos fireback, running down the dorsal fin and blue anal fins. Truly spectacular. Im hoping it is a new sub species or variant.
Channa gachua by Aristoheliam, on Flickr
Here is the beautiful colouration
Channa gachua by Aristoheliam, on Flickr
In the same pool we found him, we found these.
Channa gachua by Aristoheliam, on Flickr
Probably C gachua fry, could even be theirs. Does not resemble lucius or melasoma, and the puddle was too small for our local C striata to breed.
That is all, hope you enjoyed
