FB-5192 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5192 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Anabantiformes Channidae Channa Channa melasoma (Bleeker, 1851) Sort slangehovedfisk Black snakehead Tummakäärmeenpää 黑体鳢 黑體鱧 Ophicephalus melasoma Bleeker, 1851 Ophicephalus mystax Bleeker, 1853 Ophicephalus rhodotaenia Bleeker, 1851 Ophiocephalus baramensis (non Steindachner, 1901) Ophiocephalus melanosoma Bleeker, 1851 Ophiocephalus melasoma Bleeker, 1851 1992-03-06 2014-02-27 Herre, A.W.C.T.0 Check list of Philippine fishes. Res. Rep. U.S. Fish Wild. Serv. (20):1-977. (Ref. 280) Roberts, T.R.0 The freshwater fishes of Western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia). Mem. Calif. Acad. Sci. 14:210 p. (Ref. 2091) Herre, A.W.C.T.0 Distribution of the true freshwater fishes in the Philippines. II. Philippine Labyrinthici, Clariidae, and Siluridae. Philipp. J. Sci. 24(6):683-709. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5192 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Chmel_u5.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Chmel_u5.gif FB-GeneralDescr-5192 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-03-06 00:00:00 2014-02-27 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5192 Inhabits medium to large rivers (Ref. 12975). Occurs in shaded forest streams with sluggish, acidic water and submerged roots/leaf litter substrates. Appears to be mainly nocturnal and feeds on small animals (Ref. 85309). Preys on fish (Ref. 12693). Rainboth, W.J. 1996 Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p. (Ref. 12693) FB-DiagnosticDescr-5192 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-03-23 00:00:00 2013-01-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5192 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Preserved color dark greenish or bluish dorsally, yellowish or reddish brown ventrally; an inconspicuous spot behind corner of mouth; yellow spots on underside of depressed head occasionally. Pectorals about as long as head behind eyes. Large scales on top of head. Dorsal fin extends beyond tip of anal. Young specimens have a red lateral band from snout to caudal. Herre, A.W.C.T. 1924 Distribution of the true freshwater fishes in the Philippines. II. Philippine Labyrinthici, Clariidae, and Siluridae. Philipp. J. Sci. 24(6):683-709. (Ref. 2854) FB-Morphology-5192 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-03-23 00:00:00 2013-01-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5192 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 37 - 41; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 21 - 25 Herre, A.W.C.T. 1924 Distribution of the true freshwater fishes in the Philippines. II. Philippine Labyrinthici, Clariidae, and Siluridae. Philipp. J. Sci. 24(6):683-709. (Ref. 2854) FB-Distribution-5192 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-03-06 00:00:00 2016-07-27 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5192 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Asia: Mekong in Thailand to Indonesia and the Philippines. Rainboth, W.J. 1996 Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p. (Ref. 12693) FB-Uses-5192 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-03-06 00:00:00 2014-02-27 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5192 fisheries: commercial Tan, H.H. and P.K.L. Ng 2005 The labyrinth fishes (Teleostei: Anabantoidei, Channoidei) of Sumatra, Indonesia. Raffles Bull. Zool. Supplement (13):115-138. (Ref. 56386) FB-Size-5192 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-03-06 00:00:00 2014-02-27 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5192 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology 30.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 30857)) Baird, I.G., V. Inthaphaisy, P. Kisouvannalath, B. Phylavanh and B. Mounsouphom 1999 The fishes of southern Lao. Lao Community Fisheries and Dolphin Protection Project. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDR.161 p. (Ref. 30857) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-5192 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-03-06 00:00:00 2014-02-27 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5192 benthopelagic; freshwater