Key to channid species of the Ganges-Brahmaputra River basin

Lateral line scales 81; dorsal fin rays 50; anal fin rays 35 ................ C. amphibeus

Lateral line scales 60 to 64; dorsal fin rays 49 to 52; anal fin rays 32 to 36 ................. C. barca

Lateral line scales 51 to 54; dorsal fin rays 45 to 47; anal fin rays 28 to 30 .................... C. aurantimaculata

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.