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FIGURE 2 in Channa rara, a new species of snakehead fish from the Western Ghats region of Maharashtra, India (Teleostei: Labyrinthici: Channidae)

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FIGURE 2. Channa rara, live colouration. (A) BNHS FWF 1003, holotype, 87.6 mm SL, India: Maharashthra: Jagbudi River near Khopi Village, note series of small dark spots along base of dorsal fin, large ocellus-like blotch at posterior dorsal fin. (B) juvenile, not preserved, ca. 30 mm SL, note numerous black blotches in dorsal, anal, and caudal fins. (C) small juvenile released from mouthbrooding male, not preserved, ca. 12 mm SL.

Notes

Published as part of Britz, Ralf, Dahanukar, Neelesh, Anoop, V.K. & Ali, Anvar, 2019, Channa rara, a new species of snakehead fish from the Western Ghats region of Maharashtra, India (Teleostei: Labyrinthici: Channidae), pp. 589-600 in Zootaxa 4683 (4) on page 592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4683.4.8, http://zenodo.org/record/3479701

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