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sorry to disagree soil but i do not like it ,unfortunatly it is full of mistakes . but the idea is fine .

channa amphibeus is thought to grow a lot smaller than 90cm
channa asiatica 30-35cm
channa aurantimaculata around 45cm
channa bankanensis between 20-30cm 2 varients known
Channa bleheri picture is a channa sp.assam
Channa harcourtbutleri looks to be a stewarti varient , could be wrong though
Channa burmanica picture is a gachua varient
Channa marulioides grown to around 65cm
Channa maculata to at least 30cm
Channa melanoptera is picture of a marulioides
Channa orientalis around 10-15cm and not convinced the picture is orientalis


i could go on , but ran out of enthusiasm lol
and i can not read japanese. but with that many mistakes and the same old pictures that are everywhere on the net , not so impressive site
 
It is not Japanese, It is from Thai website, I used to read it 2 years & 6 months ago. Many mistake because it write by channa lover (like me), not by channa expertist Tropheus.
The comment after parachanna obcura is the list of 8 channa that found in Thailand.
 
tropheus;2404728; said:
sorry to disagree soil but i do not like it ,unfortunatly it is full of mistakes . but the idea is fine .

channa amphibeus is thought to grow a lot smaller than 90cm
channa asiatica 30-35cm
channa aurantimaculata around 45cm
channa bankanensis between 20-30cm 2 varients known
Channa bleheri picture is a channa sp.assam
Channa harcourtbutleri looks to be a stewarti varient , could be wrong though
Channa burmanica picture is a gachua varient
Channa marulioides grown to around 65cm
Channa maculata to at least 30cm
Channa melanoptera is picture of a marulioides
Channa orientalis around 10-15cm and not convinced the picture is orientalis


i could go on , but ran out of enthusiasm lol
and i can not read japanese. but with that many mistakes and the same old pictures that are everywhere on the net , not so impressive site
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lol... big Do'h ^^ Guess its only good when you cant tell right from wrong then :grinno:

But if thats not a harcourtbutleri, then what do they look like? Any other sites with a channa picture index? The local importers listed a channa as Channa harcourtbutleri (black diamond). I figured it must be black, but then again, names...
 
lol mate . iam not certain on the harcourtbutleri as i have not seen one with my own eyes so would not put money on it . i know uli - baloo on here has just purchaced some maybe pm him to give his opinion

there are some pictures and descriptions in the sticky area both pascals "channa keeping conditions" and one that plausable started off which we are trying to bring upto date. but dont think either has got round to doing harcourtbutleri yet. one of the problems is the true harcourtbutleri looks very similar to one of the gachua varients

here is the official discription of harcourtbutleri but doent really help if looking at a picture though-

No patch of scales in gular region of head. Lateral line curves downward between scales 15-16. Lateral line scales 44-45; transverse scales 4; predorsal scales 4. Dorsal fin rays 34-38 (mode 36); anal fin rays 23-26; pectoral fin rays 14-15 (mode 14) (Ng and others, 1999). This species is most closely related to Channa gachua from which it can be distinguished as follows: Head profile of C. harcourtbutleri flatter and less convex than in C. gachua resulting in a smaller postorbital head depth (30.9-35 percent head length versus 39.8-44 for C. gachua), its length 32-34 percent standard length versus 26.8-31.9 percent, and width 16.9-19 percent standard length versus 18.6-21.7 percent. Moreover, the snout of C. harcourtbutleri is more convex when viewed dorsally (Ng and others, 1999, figs. 3b,4a). The two species also differ in coloration (Ng and others, 1999) with C. harcourtbutleri never having an ocellus at the posterior end of the dorsal fin (occurring in subadult C. gachua).

cheers col
 
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