CHANNA SPECIES GUIDE : UPDATE IN PROGRESSION

[Zaidi Athayan Najib]

i'm a snakehead keeper, i have Marulioides from Sumatra, Marulioides from Borneo, Auranti, Andrao, Pulchra, and Ornatipinis.

 

[Karsten]

Hi Zaidi (?),
very nice "maruloides" form - I like them very much, but unfortunatly they get to big for any of my tanks.
Are you sure with keeping maruloides? Possibly it could be the new described auroflammea or aurolineata (see here: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4514.4.7 or here: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4571.3.7)...

What tank setup do you have for them?

Regards,
Karsten

 

[Zaidi Athayan Najib]

Hi Zaidi (?),
very nice "maruloides" form - I like them very much, but unfortunatly they get to big for any of my tanks.
Are you sure with keeping maruloides? Possibly it could be the new described auroflammea or aurolineata (see here: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4514.4.7 or here: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4571.3.7)...

What tank setup do you have for them?

Regards,
Karsten

Hi Karsten
these are the Sumatra marulioides, precisely from Jambi. I happen to have a rather large tank measuring 300x100x80 cm. the maximum size of marulioides that I know is 75cm. The setup tank that I use is natural with a little bit of water plants and tannin from the terminalia catappa leaves to lower the pH.

 

[chronick]

that final picture with that planted tank is incredible

 

[Hyper.aggressive]

Hello,
Hope everyone is doing well. I'm a snakehead keeper from Bangladesh and this species I got is possibly a new species of snakehead. this one is around 11.5inches at the moment but the locals told me that sometimes 20inch sized ones are found as well. Let me know what you guys think.

 

[The Masked Shadow]

 

[neko1]

Researchers find new snakehead species in Meghalaya hill stream | Guwahati News - Times of India

GUWAHATI: Researchers have discovered a new species of the colourful snakehead fish — ‘Channa aristonei’ — in a small hill stream at Puriang in East K.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

the new species : Channa aristonei maybe?

 

[Hyper.aggressive]

Researchers find new snakehead species in Meghalaya hill stream | Guwahati News - Times of India

GUWAHATI: Researchers have discovered a new species of the colourful snakehead fish — ‘Channa aristonei’ — in a small hill stream at Puriang in East K.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

the new species : Channa aristonei maybe?

no not aristonei. the researcher who authored aristonei himself said my one is a new species.

 

[The Masked Shadow]

It should be called Channa hyperagressivei

 

[Hyper.aggressive]

It should be called Channa hyperagressivei

Would be cool ngl haha