My Channa from India and Rest of the World

Far2lively

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WOW thats a big auranti!!! more pics of her!! :) mines around 14inchs at the moment, have to sell them all though :(
 

Tabby7

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Cheers Spence that's the biggest auranti I've come across, even my confirmed pair didn't go beyond 17''.

For all Channamaniacs below is an updated list of the Channa I currently keep so any information and whatever little I know I'm happy to share :)

Channa from India
  • Channa aurantimaculata 3
  • Channa barca 2
  • Channa bleheri pair
  • Channa diplogramma 2
  • Channa gachua 'Bengal' pair
  • Channa gachua 'Assam' pair
  • Channa gachua 'Bangarpet' pair
  • Channa cf gachua 'Turquoise' pair
  • Channa cf gachua 'Turquoise Bangalore' pair
  • Channa marulius 'Coorg' 1
  • Channa punctata 'Mysore' 1
  • Channa punctata 'Leucistic' 1
  • Channa striata 'Mysore' 1
  • Channa stewartii 'North Bengal' pair
  • Channa stewartii 'Assam' 2
  • Channa sp 'Garo Hill Green' 2
  • Channa sp 'True Blue' 1
  • Channa sp 'Lipor/Patterned' 1
  • Channa sp 'Meghalaya Leopard' 1
  • Channa sp 'Five Stripe' 1
  • Channa sp 'Platinum' 1
  • Channa sp 'Assam/Lal Cheng' pair
Rest of the World Channa (Started January 2012)
  • Channa asiatica 2
  • Channa asiatica 'China Yellow' 1
  • Channa burmanica 3
  • Channa gachua 'Lake Inle' 2
  • Channa harcourtbutleri 1
  • Channa limbata 'Malaysian Jet Black' pair
  • Channa limbata 'Krabi' pair
  • Channa lucius 1
  • Channa melasoma 1
  • Channa micropeltis 1
  • Channa orientalis 'Kottowa Forest A' 2
  • Channa orientalis 'New' 1
  • Channa ornatipinnis 4
  • Channa pleurophthalma 2
  • Channa pulchra pair
  • Channa striata 'Red Eye Albino' Malaysia 1
  • Channa sp 'Fire and Ice' 1
  • Channa sp 'Redfin/Red Rim Rainbow' 2
  • Channa sp 'Laos Fireback/Flameback' pair
  • Channa sp 'Mimetic Pulchra' pair
  • Parachanna obscura 2

Fry/Juveniles from breeding (Currently)​
  • Channa gachua 'Bangarpet''
  • Channa sp 'Assam/Lal Cheng'
  • Channa gachua 'Bengal'
  • Channa sp 'Laos Fireback/Flameback'
  • Channa gachua 'Assam'
  • Channa pulchra
  • Channa cf gachua 'Turquoise'
  • Channa sp 'Mimetic Pulchra'
  • Channa limbata 'Krabi


PS- One of my 3 Channa barca of 21'' (53 cm) is now sold as I had all 3 males, my biggest one is now pushing 26'' (67 cm)
 

Bartus_M

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and very impressive list anyway :) congratulations :)
 

Tabby7

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Thanks guys. Bartlo, my obscura are in India so only have pics which I posted earlier. Will try and shoot most of my Channa down when I visit home this time :)

Anyway, here are a couple of interesting pics:

Channa asiatica 'China yellow' ( Strange trade names! ;) )


Channa sp. Laos Fireback/Flameback pair


Enjoy
 

Far2lively

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The asiatica china yellow looks amazing!! never seen one of those before!!
 
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