Channa ninhbinhensis Nguyen, 2011
Orange seam snakehead
photo by Vidthayanon, C.

Family:  Channidae (Snakeheads)
Max. size:  26.7 cm SL (male/unsexed); 27.5 cm SL (female)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: Vietnam.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 48-49; Anal soft rays: 28-32; Vertebrae: 51-52. Can be diagnosed by having arc of mouth wide, length less than width, 58-59 lateral line scales, 51-52 vertebrae; 8-12 gill rakers on first arc, flat tongue with sucking thick circular arc, not accounting for all the mouth cavity width, and dark gray body with no stripes (Ref. 91062).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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