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Channa is popularly known as snake headed fish due to the presence of large scales over flattened head, cylindrical and elongated body. From fossil records migration is confirmed from west and central Europe, eastern and western Kazakhstan, southern Siberia to tropical and subtropical countries like India, China, Bangladesh and so on during middle Miocene period. Channa belongs to order ophiocephaliformes has a single family ophiocephalidae. 27 species have been reported by different workers from 1758 to 2002. Channa are a bottom dweller, surface feeder and show bimodial respiration.

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