Channs species or ngamu on sale at Howrah fish market
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2014-08-12
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Help us identify this - is it Orientalis schneilder or Channa gachua or the ngamu fish as it is known in Manipur?
The dwarf snakehead, Channa gachua, is a species of snakehead. It is one of the dwarf snakeheads, and has a length of 20 cm (8 in). It gave its name to the aquarists' term dwarf snakeheads to denote the smaller Channa species.
Distribution of Channa gachua, USGS 2004.
It can be found in Asian countries from Pakistan to Indonesia. Modern ichthyology considers this fish to be a species complex, i.e. that it consists of several closely related species. Because of its pretty coloration and small size, it is an attractive fish and is commonly kept in aquaria. It is a mouthbrooder and eats a wide range of foods including insects and small fish, but no animals like frogs. It is a hardy fish that can tolerate large changes in temperature and acidity.
Channa gachua is often confused with C. orientalis, an endemic species from Sri Lanka. In Indian ichthyology, C. gachua is considered to be a junior synonym of C. orientalis, because it was described by Markus Elieser Bloch 20 years before Hamilton described C. gachua. The major morphological difference between the two species is that C. gachua has ventral fins and C. orientalis does not. They also differ in their breeding behaviors, such as the number of offspring.
The dwarf snakehead can also hardly be distinguished from another closely related Channa species, Channa harcourtbutleri, inhabiting Lake Inlé in Myanmar.
In Manipur, India it is locally known as Ngamu (Nga mu), it is found throughout canals, rivers and lakes of Manipur.
Source - Wikipedia
This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of tens of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at rupindang @ gmail . com and [email protected].
The dwarf snakehead, Channa gachua, is a species of snakehead. It is one of the dwarf snakeheads, and has a length of 20 cm (8 in). It gave its name to the aquarists' term dwarf snakeheads to denote the smaller Channa species.
Distribution of Channa gachua, USGS 2004.
It can be found in Asian countries from Pakistan to Indonesia. Modern ichthyology considers this fish to be a species complex, i.e. that it consists of several closely related species. Because of its pretty coloration and small size, it is an attractive fish and is commonly kept in aquaria. It is a mouthbrooder and eats a wide range of foods including insects and small fish, but no animals like frogs. It is a hardy fish that can tolerate large changes in temperature and acidity.
Channa gachua is often confused with C. orientalis, an endemic species from Sri Lanka. In Indian ichthyology, C. gachua is considered to be a junior synonym of C. orientalis, because it was described by Markus Elieser Bloch 20 years before Hamilton described C. gachua. The major morphological difference between the two species is that C. gachua has ventral fins and C. orientalis does not. They also differ in their breeding behaviors, such as the number of offspring.
The dwarf snakehead can also hardly be distinguished from another closely related Channa species, Channa harcourtbutleri, inhabiting Lake Inlé in Myanmar.
In Manipur, India it is locally known as Ngamu (Nga mu), it is found throughout canals, rivers and lakes of Manipur.
Source - Wikipedia
This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of tens of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at rupindang @ gmail . com and [email protected].
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