Asiatic Snakehead
Channa orientalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Also calledAsiatisk slangehovedfisk (dan) · Daku (mar) · 東方鱧 (zho)
First described in: Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Status in Afghanistan. First record from Talwar and Jhingram (1991). — Afghanistan material: CMN.
Fishes of Afghanistan; a revised and updated annotated checklist
distribution
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Kabul River. — General distribution: South Asia: southwestern Sri Lanka endemic. — Habitat: This species inhabits freshwater streams, rivers, ponds, and tanks, generally in the plains, and is also found in rice fields and irrigation channels. Adults prefer stagnant waters in muddy streams and breed throughout the year. Freshwater.
Fishes of Afghanistan; a revised and updated annotated checklist
materials_examined
1 ex.; Bangladesh, Dhaka Division, Dhaka, Sonargaon and adjacent areas, lat: 23.72, long: 90.44, elev: 25; 2013 - 09 - 01 - 2013 - 09 - 30; (Table 6) • 1 ex.; Bangladesh, Dhaka Division, Dhaka, roadside and adjacent areas of Dhaka – Chittagong Highway, lat: 23.72, long: 90.44, elev: 25; 2013 - 09 - 01 - 2013 - 09 - 30; (Table 6) • 1 ex.; Bangladesh, Dhaka Division, Dhaka, adjacent areas of existing Saidabad water treatment plant, lat: 23.72, long: 90.44, elev: 25; 2013 - 09 - 01 - 2013 - 09 - 30; (Table 6).
Saidabad Water Treatment Plant Project, Phase III
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2391488.