How to care Snakehead fish basic information Hindi Urdu English sub #Channafish
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Snakeheads are members of the family Channidae, a group of perciform (perch-like) fishes whose affinities are unknown, although recent studies on the molecular phylogeny of bony fishes consider snakeheads as most closely related to the labyrinth fishes (anabantoids) and the synbranchiform eels, which include the spiny eels.
These fish are naturally distributed from south-eastern Iran and eastern Afghanistan eastwards to China, northwards to Siberia and southwards to Java, and from the White Nile westwards to the Senegal and Chad river drainages and southwards to the Congo river drainage in Africa.
There are two genera (Channa, Parachanna) containing 34 species (31 Channa and three Parachanna), although the diversity is much greater and several undescribed species, particularly from India — for example, Channa sp. 'lal cheng' and Channa sp. 'Kerala five stripe' — have already reached the aquarium trade.
Oxygen tolerance
One unusual feature is the snakeheads' tolerance of low oxygen levels. They are primarily able to do so because of their paired suprabranchial chambers which are lined with respiratory epithelia (skin modified to absorb atmospheric oxygen) enabling them to use atmospheric oxygen as sub-adults and adults.
Snakeheads are in fact obligatory air breathers and must have air lest they drown. If you find the concept of a drowning fish strange, remember that snakeheads are not the only obligatory air breathers. Many fish with a similar biology, such as walking catfishes and even the pirarucu (Arapaima), will drown if they do not surface.
There’s a common misconception that air-breathing fish live in stagnant, relatively foul water in the wild and that clean water conditions are therefore not necessary in the aquarium. While some snakeheads can tolerate a wide range of water conditions — and studies have shown that the Dwarf, Spotted and Chevron can survive for at least 72 hours in pH levels from 4.3 to 9.4 — many fare poorly when water conditions are allowed to deteriorate or undergo rapid changes, as in a massive water change.
Many snakeheads come from habitats where water is soft (to 8 GH) and slightly acidic to neutral (pH 5.0 to 7.0), and these values represent a suitable guide to successful maintenance
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