Channa aristonei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Channoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Anabantaria Ordo: Anabantiformes Subordo: Channoidei

Familia: Channidae
Genus: Channa
Species: Channa aristonei

Name

Channa aristonei Praveenraj, Thackeray, Singh, Uma, Moulitharan & Mukhim, 2020

• Holotype: BNHS FWF 1017.
• Paratypes: BNHS FWF 1018 (1), BNHS FWF 1040–1042 (3), CIARI FF-61 (2).

Type locality: Streams at Puriang, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, northeastern India, 25°33'47.5"N, 92°06'24.5"E.

Etymology: This species is named after Aristone M. Ryndongsngi from Meghalaya, in recognition of his discovery of this new species and assistance to the authors during the field work.

References

Praveenraj, J., Thackeray, T., Singh, S.G., Uma, A., Moulitharan N. & Mukhim, B.K. 2020. A new species of snakehead (Teleostei: Channidae) from East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, northeastern India. Copeia v. 108 (no. 4): 938-947. DOI: 10.1643/CI2020007

Links

• Channa aristonei in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Channa aristonei in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.