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Channa nachi, a new species of snakehead (Teleostei: Channidae) from Meghalaya, Northeast India

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  • 1. Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Sri Vijaya Puram, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, 744 101.
  • 2. ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Fisheries Resources, Harvest & Post-Harvest Management Division, Mumbai, India, 400 06.
  • 3. Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and Centre for Herpetology, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, India, 603 104.
  • 4. Thackeray Wildlife Foundation, Bandra, Mumbai, India, 400 051.
  • 5. Department of Zoology, Manipur University, Canchipur, Imphal West, Manipur, India, 795 003.
  • 6. Zoological Survey of India, Arunachal Pradesh regional centre, Itanagar, India, 791 113.

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Praveenraj, Jayasimhan, Moulitharan, Nallathambi, Pavan-Kumar, Annam, Naveen, Ravi Shanthy, Thackeray, Tejas, Yumnam, Rameshori, Gurumayum, Shantabala Devi (2025): Channa nachi, a new species of snakehead (Teleostei: Channidae) from Meghalaya, Northeast India. Zootaxa 5613 (2): 337-350, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5613.2.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5613.2.8

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