Bangka snakehead
Channa bankanensis
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A snakehead from Indonesia and Malaysia, from blackwater rivers and peat swamps that are very acidic, with a pH around 3. Near threatened.
- Scientific name
- Channa bankanensis
- Family
- Channidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Channidae
- Order
- Anabantiformes
- Synonyms
- Ophiocephalus bankanensis
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- pH
- 2.8–3.8
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 23.5 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Near threatened (NT)
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