Serial no: 1526
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Last update: 2024-10-26

ປາກັ້ງ
Dwarf snakehead

Channa gachua (Hamilton, 1822)


Animals
Fish

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Local name:
Cambodian: ត្រី ក្សាន Eng: Red-Tailed Snakehead Thai: ก้าง ค่อกั๊ง กั๊ง ก้าง Viet: Cá chành dục

Synonyms :
Channa gachus (Hamilton, 1822)
Channa limbata (Cuvier, 1831)
Ophicephalus apus Canestrini, 1861
Ophicephalus gachua Hamilton, 1822
Ophicephalus limbatus Cuvier, 1831
Ophicephalus marginatus Cuvier, 1829
Ophiocephalus apus Canestrini, 1861
Ophiocephalus aurantiacus Hamilton, 18221822
Ophiocephalus auranticus Hamilton, 1821822
Ophiocephalus gachua Hamilton, 1822
Ophiocephalus guachua malaccensis Peters, 1868

Family:
Channidae

Close relatives:

Description:

Ecology
Global distribution:
N/A

Distribution in Laos :

Landscape units :

Endemism in Laos:
N/A

Invasiveness :
N/A

IUCN status :
Least concern

Lao official status :
N/A

Use
Use types:
Food

Comments on use types:

Domestication:
N/A

Seasonal availability:

Management:
N/A

Value chains:
N/A

Nutrition
Nutritional values:

Comments on nutritional values:
N/A

Nutrient /100g Remark
Proteins N/A N/A
Carbohydrates N/A N/A
Fats N/A N/A
Vitamins N/A N/A
Minerals N/A N/A
Fibers N/A N/A

References
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References:
Chaudhry, S. 2010. Channa gachua. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T166123A6179047. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166123A6179047.en. Downloaded on 30 September 2019.
Lim, K.K.P., H.H. Tan and J.K.Y. Low, 2008. Fishes. p. 145-154. In G.W.H. Davison, P.KL. Ng and H.H. Chew (eds.). The Singapore red data book: threatened plants & animals of Singapore. 2nd ed. Nature Society (Singapore), Singapore. viii, 285 p. : col. ill.; 26 cm.
Kottelat, M., 2001. Fishes of Laos. WHT Publications, Colombo: 1-198

Kottelat, M., 2000. Nomenclature and types of Ophicephalus marginatus and O. limbatus (Teleostei: Channidae). Journal of South Asian Natural History 5(1): 95-96

Kottelat, M., 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwater, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 27: 1-663.
Riede, K., 2004. Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p.
Taki, Y., 1978. An analytical study of the fish fauna of the Mekong basin as a biological production system in nature. Research Institute of Evolutionary Biology Special Publications no. 1,77 p. Tokyo, Japan.

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