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Channa marulius (Hamilton, 1822)

Great snakehead
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Lao country information

Common names: Pa gooan, Pa kouan, Pba gooa
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from the lower Mekong basin (Ref. 9497). Occurs in Ban Hang Khone, a village on an island in the middle of the mainstream Mekong River just below the Great Khone Waterfalls in Khong District, Champasak Province (Ref. 37767). Enters flooded forest (Ref. 9497). Also Ref. 30857 (listed as Channa cf. marulius). Also Ref. 36654.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/la.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Baird, I.G., 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificatie / Names Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anabantiformes (Gouramies, snakeheads) > Channidae (Snakeheads)
Etymology: Channa: Greek, channe, -es = an anchovy (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Hamilton.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologie

; zoet water benthopelagisch; potamodroom (Ref. 51243).   Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 2060)

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