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Channa marulia in Sri Lanka
Great snakehead

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Channa marulia   (Hamilton, 1822)
Family:	Channidae (Snakeheads)			picture (Chmar_uf.jpg) by Jean-Francois Helias / Fishing Adventures Thailand
Order:	Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Great snakehead
Max. size:	183 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 6351); max. published weight: 30.0 kg (Ref. 4833)
Environment:	benthopelagic; potamodromous
Climate:	tropical; 24 - 28°C
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: public aquariums
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.23)
Distribution:	Asia: India to China, south to Thailand and Cambodia (Ref. 12693) and Pakistan (Ref. 4833).
Biology:	Occurs in sluggish or standing water in canals, lakes, and swamps (Ref. 12693). Inhabits waters with submerged aquatic vegetation (Ref. 12693). Usually found only in deep pools in rivers and occasionally in lakes. Enters flooded forest (Ref. 9497). Carnivorous and subsists on fish, frogs, snakes, insects, earthworms and tadpoles (Ref. 1479). There are reports of this species taking water birds, snakes, and rodents. Males are territorial. May bite when caught (Elliot Bligh, pers. comm., 2001)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	traumatogenic
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Rüber, L., R. Britz and R. Zardoya. 2006. (Ref. 58343)
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Sri Lanka country information
Common names:	Ara, Giant snakehead		Ref:  Pethiyagoda, R., 1991
Status:	native		Ref:  Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991
Salinity:	freshwater
Abundance:	fairly common (chances are about 50%)		Ref:  Pethiyagoda, R., 1991
Importance:	commercial		Ref:
Uses:	live export: ornamental
Comments:	Found in deep pools of the first peneplain. Seldom exported. Also Ref. 4833, 41236, 43640.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ce.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Pethiyagoda, R., 1991
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	Checked:  Torres, Armi G.	Modified:  Torres, Armi G.	Entered:  Luna, Susan M.

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