Channa aristonei
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| Channa aristonei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anabantiformes |
| Family: | Channidae |
| Genus: | Channa |
| Species: | C. aristonei
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| Binomial name | |
| Channa aristonei (Praveenraj, Thackeray, Singh, Uma, Moulitharan & Mukhim, 2020)
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Channa aristonei is a species of fish belonging to the Channide family.
Appearance[edit]
The fish possess a uniform bright blue to bluish-green body, bright-blue dorsal, anal, and caudal fins, submarginally black with white distal margin, series of brown to maroon-red, rounded, oblong or clover-shaped blotches or spots on dorsolateral, postorbital, and ventrolateral region of head, continued on body forming oblique pattern or randomly distributed.[1]
Etymology[edit]
The species epithet aristonei is named after Aristone M. Ryndongsngi. Aristone is a freshwater enthusiast who accidentally collected the specimen, thinking that it is Channa pardalis.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Jayasimhan Praveenraj, Tejas Thackeray; Sadokpam Gojendro Singh, Arumugam Uma; N. Moulitharan, Bankit K. Mukhim (December 2020). "A New Species of Snakehead (Teleostei: Channidae) from East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, Northeastern India". Copeia. 108 (4): 938–947. doi:10.1643/CI2020007. ISSN 0045-8511.
- ^ "Meghalaya boy discovers a new species of snakehead fish". The Sentinel. Retrieved May 29, 2024.