Channa nachi, a new species of snakehead (Teleostei: Channidae) from Meghalaya, Northeast India Author Praveenraj, Jayasimhan Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Sri Vijaya Puram, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, 744 101. Author Moulitharan, Nallathambi 0000-0002-0321-5205 moulitharan769677@gmail.com Author Pavan-Kumar, Annam ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Fisheries Resources, Harvest & Post-Harvest Management Division, Mumbai, India, 400 06. Author Naveen, Ravi Shanthy Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and Centre for Herpetology, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, India, 603 104. Author Thackeray, Tejas Thackeray Wildlife Foundation, Bandra, Mumbai, India, 400 051. Author Yumnam, Rameshori Department of Zoology, Manipur University, Canchipur, Imphal West, Manipur, India, 795 003. Author Gurumayum, Shantabala Devi Zoological Survey of India, Arunachal Pradesh regional centre, Itanagar, India, 791 113. text Zootaxa 2025 2025-03-27 5613 2 337 350 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5613.2.8 journal article 309310 10.11646/zootaxa.5613.2.8 d1d98348-2bcc-4dc2-a403-66c4ebfbae80 1175-5326 15216587 70BC9441-61CE-4E05-8034-62E99FE515D8
TABLE 2. Pairwise genetic distances (p-distances) in the mitochondrial COI sequences, between Channa nachi and other members of the Gachua group.
Channa nachiChanna nachi0.0–0.2
Channa aurantipectoralis10.1–10.5
Channa lipor9.7–10.1
Channa gachua14.1–14.3
Channa stewartii13.9–14.1
Channa pardalis13.7–13.9
Channa bipuli14.3–14.5
Channa aristonei13.7–13.9
Channa melanostigma13.9–15.7
Channa pomanensis15.3–15.5
Channa aurantimaculata12.1–12.3
Channa barca12.9–13.1
Channa quinquefasciata13.9–14.1
Channa brunnea13.5–13.7
Channa bleheri14.1–14.3
Channa andrao15.5–15.7
Channa stiktos17.7–17.9
Channa ornatipinnis18.5
Channa pulchra19.8–20.0
Channa rakhinica13.9–14.1
Channa rubora13.7
Channa coccinea15.7–15.9
Channa pyrophthalmus14.3–14.5
Channa burmanica15.9–16.1
Channa shingon13.9–14.1
Channa harcourtbutleri13.7–13.9