Chaca chaca
Chaca chaca is a species of angler catfish found in the Ganges-Brahmaputra River system of India and the Ayeyarwady River of Myanmar,[1] where it is found in rivers, canals and ponds of grassland, scrubland, deciduous forest and rainforest habitats.[2] These species grow to a length of 26.0 cm (10.2 inches). This fish is found in the aquarium trade. In Assam, it is locally known as kurkuri.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Chacidae |
| Genus: | Chaca |
| Species: | C. chaca |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaca chaca (F. Hamilton, 1822) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Platystacus chaca F. Hamilton, 1822 | |
It is now listed as an endangered species.[3]
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Chaca chaca" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- Roberts, Tyson R. (1982). "A Revision of the South and Southeast Asian Angler-Catfishes (Chacidae)". Copeia. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. 1982 (4): 895–901. doi:10.2307/1444100. JSTOR 1444100.
- Goswami* UC. Basistha SK. , Bora D, Shyamkumar K, Saikia B , Changsan K (2012) Fish diversity of North East India, inclusive of the Himalayan and Indo Burma biodiversity hotspotszones: A checklist on their taxonomic status, economic importance, geographical distribution, present status and prevailing threats. INT J BIODIVERS CONSER VOL. 4(15), PP. 592-613.
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