Key to channid species of the Ganges-Brahmaputra River basin

Dorsal fin rays 50 to 55; anal fin rays 31 to 35; ocellus on upper portion of caudal fin base (sometimes absent in specimens over ca. 300 mm SL)

Dorsal fin rays 42 to 45; anal fin rays 25 to 27; ocellus absent on caudal fin base

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.