Key to channid species of the Ganges-Brahmaputra River basin

Pelvic fin length more than 50% of pectoral fin length; pectoral fin lacking vertical black bands; lateral line scales 35 to 38; dorsal fin rays 29 to 32

Pelvic fin length less than 50% of pectoral fin length; pectoral fin with 2 to 6 vertical black bands; lateral line scales more than 38; dorsal fin rays more than 29

Acknowledgement and Source(s)

This key was originally published in: Channa aurantimaculata, a new channid fish from Assam (Brahmaputra River basin), India, with designation of a neotype for C. amphibeus (McClelland, 1845). Ichthyological Research, v. 47 (no. 1), p. 35.