Channa harcourtbutleri

Channa harcourtbutleri, the Burmese snakehead, is a species of snakehead endemic to Inle Lake[3] and surroundings[4] in Myanmar. Locally called nga ohn-ma, among aquarists it is considered as one of the dwarf snakeheads, but no significant import for aquarists is known. It is one of the smaller species of snakehead and has a standard length of up to 19.4 cm (7.6 in).[2] The specific name honors Sir Harcourt Butler, a British governor in the region.[3]

Channa harcourtbutleri

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Channidae
Genus: Channa
Species:
C. harcourtbutleri
Binomial name
Channa harcourtbutleri
(Annandale, 1918)
Synonyms[2]

Ophiocephalus harcourt-butleri Annandale, 1918

This was for a long time considered to be a junior synonym of Channa gachua. In fact, both species closely resemble each other. The article on its revalidation[5] only mentions three discriminating features, such as the missing ocellus in the dorsal fin of a juvenile Channa harcourtbutleri. It is suspected to be a mouthbrooder and eats a wide range of foods, including arthropods and small fish, but unlike in some relatives, no frogs.

References
  1. Kullander, S.O. (2011). "Channa harcourtbutleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T180819A7652518. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Channa harcourtbutleri" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
  3. Annandale 1918.
  4. Roberts 2007.
  5. Ng, Peter & Britz 1999.
Sources
  • Annandale, Nelson Theodore (1918). "Fish and fisheries of the Inle Lake". Records of the Indian Museum. 14 (1): 33–64.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Ng, H. H.; Peter, K. L.; Britz, Ralf (1999). "Channa harcourtbutleri (Annandale, 1918): a valid species of snakehead (Perciformes: Channidae) from Myanmar". Journal of South Asian Natural History. 4: 57–63.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Roberts, Tyson R. (2007). "The "Celestial pearl danio", a new genus and species of colourful minute cyprinid fish from Myanmar (Pisces: Cypriniformes)". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 55 (1): 131–140.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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