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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: Recorded from Pakistan through India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand to southern China, Laos and Vietnam; introduced elsewhere, including southern Florida.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Bangladesh; China; India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chattisgarh, Dadra-Nagar-Haveli, Daman, Darjiling, Delhi, Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir, Jharkand, Karaikal, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mahé, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Orissa, Pondicherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Yanam); Lao Peoples Democratic Republic; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Viet Nam
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Population [top]
Population: There is no information on the population and its trends for this species, but survey data suggests that it is relatively widespread and common.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: Inhabits large lakes and rivers; prefers deep, clear stretches of water with sandy or rocky bottoms.
Systems: Freshwater
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: It is a commercial and subsistence fish.
The fish is cultured in irrigation wells in parts of south India. Hatchlings are collected from cup-like nets; they are stocked in shallow irrigation wells and fed on kitchen refuse, frogs and dead animals and thus attain a length of 30 cm in one year. Only about 10% survive and hence annual stocking is necessary. Fry can be safely transported by road with only a few change of water.
In the Telangana area of Andhra Pradesh, it forms an important element in the freshwater fishery. The giant snakehead is common in rivers and Duars in West Bengal. The fish is esteemed as food. Predaceous; eggs are laid in nests guarded by parents; breeding almost throughout the year. In Maharastra this snakehead grows upto 180 cm in length and attains about 30 kg in weight.
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): There are no known major threats affecting this species.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: Population monitoring is a need for this species as it is used at different scales in its range. In addition, the species is likely a species complex and requires taxonomic research.
Citation: Chaudhry, S. 2010. Channa marulius. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T172328A6868796. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T172328A6868796.en. Downloaded on 22 March 2016.
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