Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793)

Dam, Debashree & Kumar, Anil, 2018, Fish Fauna of D’ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary and adjacent areas, Arunachal Pradesh, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (2), pp. 162-162 : 162-

17. Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793)

1793. Ophiocephalus punctatus Bloch, Naturges Ausland. Fishe , 7: 139 pl. 358 (Type locality- Coromondol coast).

Common name: Spotted Snakehead

Material examined: 01 Ex. (Regd. No. V/APFS/P-494), Sibia River near Borguli Range, DWS, 08.10.06

Distribution within NE: Throughout the North East. Distribution within Arunachal Pradesh: River Subansiri (Lower Subansiri district), River Dikrong (Papumpare District).

Special remarks: It was collected from a stagnant pool of murky water on the side of Sibia River. It status is assessed as LRnt. It forms one of the species of cage culture and also responds to hypophysation ( Nath & Dey, 2000).