Channa pardalis

Channa pardalis is a species of dwarf snakehead in the genus Channa. It was first described in 2016 from Khasi Hills, Meghalaya of northeastern India.^[1] Prior to its scientific description, it was known as Channa sp. "True Blue" or Channa sp. "Meghalaya" in the aquarium trade, although some claim that "Meghalaya" is another, still undescribed species.^[2] C. pardalis is closely related to C. bipuli and C. stewartii.^[1][3]

Channa pardalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anabantiformes
Family:	Channidae
Genus:	Channa
Species:	C. pardalis
Binomial name
Channa pardalis Knight, 2016

References

1. Knight, J. D. Marcus (26 March 2016). "Channa pardalis, a new species of snakehead (Teleostei: Channidae) from Meghalaya, northeastern India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 8 (3): 8583–8589. doi:10.11609/jott.2168.8.3.8583-8589. ISSN 0974-7907. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
2. Aquarium Glaser (17 February 2017). Channa sp. Meghalaya. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
3. Praveenraj, J., A. Uma, N. Moulitharan and H. Bleher (2018). Channa bipuli, a new species of snakehead (Teleostei: Channidae) from Assam, northeast India. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 24(4): 153-166.