Xenentodon cancila in India
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Main Ref.
Also Ref.
Occurrence native
Importance Ref.
Aquaculture Ref.
Regulations Ref.
Freshwater Yes
Brackish No
Saltwater No
Live export
Bait No
Gamefish No
Abundance Ref.
Comments

Known throughout India (Ref. 41236). Recorded from Chilka Lake (Ref. 29108); Western Ghats Rivers, Maharashtra (Ref. 43634); Kallar, Bhavani, Moyar, Tamil Nadu (Ref. 44148); Agartala, Tripura (Ref. 97593). It occurs in clear, gravelly, perennial streams and ponds of Terai and Duars, North Bengal. It is fairly common in the Ganges-Brahmaputra system (Ref. 4833). Present in Buxa, Adma and Jayanti rivers (Ref. 89719), Manjeswarm River, Tungabhadra river and riversystems of Kerala (Ref. 92228). Utilized as food by the tribal people, "Kanis" of Kanyakumari District (Ref. 45217). Also Ref. 36654, 43640, 45204, 45255, 87807.

Status of threat: Low risk in Western Ghats (Ref. 50614).

States/Provinces Kerala (native), Maharashtra (native), Tamil Nadu (native), Tripura (native)
States/Provinces Complete? Yes
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(e.g. 9948)
( e.g. cephalopods )
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