Barca snakehead
Channa barca
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A large, rare snakehead from the upper Brahmaputra in Assam and Nagaland, India, which can exceed one metre. It lives at the margins of wetlands and digs vertical burrows where it spends the dry season. A fish predator, it is highly valued as food and much sought after by aquarists.
- Scientific name
- Channa barca
- Family
- Channidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Channidae
- Order
- Anabantiformes
- Synonyms
- Ophicephalus nigricans, Ophiocephalus amphibius, Ophiocephalus barca
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 10–28 °C
- pH
- 6–8
- General hardness (GH)
- 2–20 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 90 cm
Behavior
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Social life
- Pair
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Data deficient (DD)
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