Channa torsaensis is a disputed species of fish in the Channidae family.[1][2] The species was collected in the Torsa River in West Bengal, India.[citation needed]

Channa torsaensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Channidae
Genus: Channa
Species:
C. torsaensis
Binomial name
Channa torsaensis
Dey, Nur, Raychowdhury, Sarkar, Singh & Barat, 2019

Naming dispute

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Ralf Britz and colleagues say that Channa torsaensis "is not sufficiently diagnosed from C. quinquefasciata".[3]

Etymology

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The species epithet torsaensis is named after the Torsa River which they first collected the specimen from.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Channa torsaensis Dey, Nur, Chowdhury, Sarkar, Kosygin & Barat, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1493329 Archived 2024-06-03 at the Wayback Machine on 2024-06-28
  2. ^ Channa torsaensis Dey, Nur, Chowdhury, Sarkar, Kosygin & Barat, 2019 in GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Archived 2021-03-13 at the Wayback Machine accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-06-28.
  3. ^ Britz, Ralf; Dahanukar, Neelesh; Anoop, V. K.; Ali, Anvar (2019-10-10). "Channa rara, a new species of snakehead fish from the Western Ghats region of Maharashtra, India (Teleostei: Labyrinthici: Channidae)". Zootaxa. 4683 (4): zootaxa.4683.4.8. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4683.4.8. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31715914.

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