Key to channid species of the Ganges-Brahmaputra River basin

Many small black spots scattered on side of body; dorsal fin rays 38 to 41; anal fin rays 24 to 27; lateral line scales 45 to 49

No small black spots scattered on side of body; dorsal fin rays 30 to 39; anal fin rays 19 to 27; lateral line scales 39 to 48

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.