Channa burmanica is an endemic species of snakehead

Channidae

The Snakeheads are members of the freshwater perciform fish family Channidae, native to Africa and Asia. These elongated predatory fish are distinguished by a long dorsal fin, large mouth and shiny teeth. They breathe air with a suprabranchial organ, a primitive form of a labyrinth organ...

 from Northern Burma. It is a very small species of snakehead that is included in the group of Dwarf snakeheads

Dwarf snakeheads

Dwarf snakeheads is term coined by aquarists to describe a group of snakehead fishes growing only maximum.The following snakeheads belong to this group:*Channa bleheri*Channa burmanica*Channa gachua*Channa harcourtbutleri...

. Its colouring closely resembles that of Channa gachua

Channa gachua

Channa gachua is a species of snakehead. It is a species of dwarf snakehead and has a length of . It gave its name to the aquarists' term dwarf snakeheads to denote the smaller Channa species*Channa bleheri*Channa burmanica...

 and Channa bleheri

Channa bleheri

The Rainbow snakehead, Channa bleheri, is a species of snakehead. Its type location is Dibrugarh, the most north-eastern area of Assam, India. It is known in Assamese as Sengeli....

. It is very rarely found in pet shops. It is also considered to be a mouthbrooder

Mouthbrooder

Mouthbrooding, also known as oral incubation and buccal incubation, is the care given by some groups of animals to their offspring by holding them in the mouth of the parent for extended periods of time. Although mouthbrooding is performed by a variety of different animals, most notably Darwin's...

species, though no successful breeding has yet occurred.

External links

• snakeheads.org the comprehensive website for all aspects of snakeheads