Barca snakehead
| Barca snakehead | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anabantiformes |
| Family: | Channidae |
| Genus: | Channa |
| Species: | C. barca |
| Binomial name | |
| Channa barca (F. Hamilton, 1822) | |
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The Barca snakehead (Channa barca) is a rare species of snakehead. It is endemic to the upper Brahmaputra river basin in northeastern India and Bangladesh. Records from Nepal are of doubtful validity. Overall it has been assessed as data deficient by the IUCN, and in 2014 it was assessed as critically endangered in Bangladesh by the IUCN. In Assam, it is locally known as cheng garaka or garaka cheng.
This is a relatively large snakehead, reaching a total length of up to 105 cm (3.4 ft). The species is regarded as an excellent food fish, and it is also highly desired by aquarists, but its rarity, behavior and large size makes it unsuitable for most aquariums.
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