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Channa stewartii in Nepal
Assamese snakehead

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Channa stewartii   (Playfair, 1867)
Family:	Channidae (Snakeheads)			picture (Chste_u0.jpg) by JJPhoto
Order:	Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Assamese snakehead
Max. size:	25.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 41236)
Environment:	benthopelagic
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:	fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Asia: Eastern Himalaya (India and Nepal).
Biology:	Occurs both in running and standing waters (Ref. 4833). Found in ponds and streams (Ref. 41236)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran. 1991. (Ref. 4833)
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Nepal country information
Common names:	Hile		Ref:  Shrestha, J., 1994
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Abundance:	common (usually seen)		Ref:
Importance:	minor commercial		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Found in Eastern Himalaya (Ref. 4833). Also Ref. 41236.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/np.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Shrestha, T.K., 1990
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	Modified:  Torres, Armi G.	Entered:  Torres, Armi G.

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