My Channa from India and Rest of the World

[tlindsey]

Hi guys,

Been a while. Managed to click some pics and videos of some. Admins/Mods can help embed the links as I couldn't.

Channa limbata 'Canara Green' from the South Western ghats of India







Channa sp. 'Emerald Green'







Channa sp. 'True Blue'





One of the largest & colourful Channa stewartii variants that I keep

Female



Male





To finish, an unusual Auranti with a face colour pattern of Barca - could be a natural hybrid!



Watch the unusual auranti's video below to view clearly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o6SygXjO-s

Also below other videos taken:

Video of the Chocolate Bleheri/Chocolate Flamefin pair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwGcnc4iyOs

Video of the Channa limbata 'Canara Green'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6xYIKpZFlw

Video of the Channa andrao pair and fry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIvY44nv4Ds

Video of one of my most colourful Channa stewartii types that I keep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBllOGl-IIg

That's it for now folks.

Have a great day!

Tabby

Thanks for sharing your awsome Channa collection

 

[-DC-]

Very nice. I have a pair of bleheri who matured much like your chocolates/flamefin bleheri.

They have very wide bright red bands . It started as a group of 6 only 2 were colored like that the rest have more typical colours . Is it a locality or just a random variant ?

I like the stewertii as well, are those colourful ones cf.barca ? I saw some very similar on a wholesale list labeled as " b grade barca". Even at small sizes they had amazing colors.

 

[nirman]

Wow that Auranti, Channa hybrid? awesome

 

[-DC-]

I think it's more likely to be a locality or morph then a hybrid.

I can't see a Auranti/barca hybrid happening I just can't see them excepting each others presence in shared territory let alone breeding. I would imagine the size difference between the 2 species at maturity would also be a huge hurtle. An Auranti/ stewertii hybrid could possibly yield similar results and size between a very large stewertii and a small auranti would be closer but again I can't see it happening given the nature of these animals . I could be wrong but my guess would be that it's just an unusual hypomelanistic color morph of Auranti , if more start popping up the maybe a locality. I'm no expert though, and don't have the benefit of seeing how they behave in the wild so I could be completely wrong .

While on the topic have you ever seen any other unusual auranti ?

I have some noticed some variation among my fry most look very similar to their parents but there are small numbers who show extremes in one way or another. Some very dark black with little yellow, others have very little black and are almost completely yellow and gold. A few have very high amounts if blue over the entire body. Of course I'll be holding the oddballs to see how they devolope into adulthood I'll have a wall rack of just Auranti but i just have to see how they turn out when older !

 

[nirman]

I think it's more likely to be a locality or morph then a hybrid.

I can't see a Auranti/barca hybrid happening I just can't see them excepting each others presence in shared territory let alone breeding. I would imagine the size difference between the 2 species at maturity would also be a huge hurtle. An Auranti/ stewertii hybrid could possibly yield similar results and size between a very large stewertii and a small auranti would be closer but again I can't see it happening given the nature of these animals . I could be wrong but my guess would be that it's just an unusual hypomelanistic color morph of Auranti , if more start popping up the maybe a locality. I'm no expert though, and don't have the benefit of seeing how they behave in the wild so I could be completely wrong .

While on the topic have you ever seen any other unusual auranti ?

I have some noticed some variation among my fry most look very similar to their parents but there are small numbers who show extremes in one way or another. Some very dark black with little yellow, others have very little black and are almost completely yellow and gold. A few have very high amounts if blue over the entire body. Of course I'll be holding the oddballs to see how they devolope into adulthood I'll have a wall rack of just Auranti but i just have to see how they turn out when older !

Pics would be great?

 

[-DC-]

I'll get pics once I've separated them out after the holidays . Right now they are still in large groups I'm sorting by size for now to save on tank space and keep aggression down . I've tried getting pics of some of the "unique" ones but getting a good pic of a snakehead is hard enough let alone getting one hidden among 100 in a big tank lol

 

[Miguel]

As allways some grade A channa.

That Emerald Green looks like my Galaxy Blue...

That Auranti is awesome!

 

[nirman]

I'll get pics once I've separated them out after the holidays . Right now they are still in large groups I'm sorting by size for now to save on tank space and keep aggression down . I've tried getting pics of some of the "unique" ones but getting a good pic of a snakehead is hard enough let alone getting one hidden among 100 in a big tank lol

Yeah separated unique ones and also there normal siblings pics would be cool...

 

[Kaan]

Hi tabby, what is the name of this channa fry which I caught today from a local pond at tirunelveli in tamilnadu...

 

[Kaan]

Hi tabby, what is the name of this channa fry which looks completely orange in color with transparent fins?