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Channa striata (Bloch, 1793)

Striped snakehead
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Lao country information

Common names: Pa kaw, Pa kho, Pba kaw
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Importance: commercial | Ref: Hill, M.T. and S.A. Hill, 1994
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Mekong basin. Found in the middle Xe Bangfai and the middle Nam Theun rivers (Ref. 27732) and Ban Hang Khone, about 3 km below the fall line of the great waterfalls of the Mekong river system at Lee Pee (Ref. 9497). Recorded from the Khone Falls (Ref. 37772). Migrates into the flooded forest on Don Khone and Don Saddam to forage (Ref. 37772). Also Ref. 2686, 4792, 30857, 37767, 37772, 43281, 50526, 56905.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/la.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kottelat, M., 1998
National Database:

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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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

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

; sötvatten; brackvatten bentopelagisk; pH range: 7.0 - 8.0; dH range: ? - 20; flodvandrande (Ref. 51243); djupintervall 1 - 10 m (Ref. 2686), usually 1 - 2 m (Ref. 4515).   Tropical; 23°C - 27°C (Ref. 1672); 35°N - 18°S

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