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Hangjiang

One profile names the Hangjiang. That is what has been written, not what lives there.

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Families
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Adult individual.

Channa maculataBlotched Snakehead

Channidae · Lacepède, 1801

Max length
300mm SL12in SL
Tank
not recorded
Temp
not recorded
pH
not recorded

This species is frequently confused with C. argus but can be distinguished by the following characters: dorsal-fin rays 38-45 (vs. 47-50 in C. argus); anal fin rays 26-29 (vs. 31-36); lateral line scales 50-56 (vs. 60-66); 2-3 rounded blotches on caudal peduncle (vs. no blotches on caudal peduncle). It is widely-distributed in Pacific coastal drainages of southeastern China (e.g. the Yangtze, Minjiang, Hangjiang River, and Pearl (Nanjiu...

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