''Channa pulchra'' is a species of snakehead fish in the family Channidae which is native to Myanmar. It was first described in 2007 by R. Britz from a

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Kyeintali Kyeintali ( my, ကျိန္တလီ) is a town located in Gwa Township of Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). Local area The area in and around Kyeintali contains beaches, plains and mountains. Markets are also present in many places. The area ...

Chaung (stream) basin in

Rakhine Yoma The Arakan Mountains ( my, ရခိုင်ရိုးမ), also known as the Rakhine Yoma, are a mountain range in western Myanmar, between the coast of Rakhine State and the Central Myanmar Basin, in which flows the Irrawaddy River. It is th ...

, western Myanmar.Britz, R. (2007). Channa ornatipinnis and C. pulchra, two new species of dwarf snakeheads from Myanmar (Teleostei: Channidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 18(4): 335-344. The fish is found in streams that are fast flowing, clear, highly oxygenated and relatively cold (subtropical). It is of little food value but getting popularity as an aquarium fish recently. Although it has been referred to as a dwarf snakehead, it can reach a

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of up to . ''C. pulchra'' is closely related to '' C. ornatipinnis'' and '' C. stiktos''.Lalramliana, J. D. M. Knight, D. V. Lalhlimpuia and M. Singh (2018). Integrative taxonomy reveals a new species of snakehead fish, Channa stiktos (Teleostei: Channidae), from Mizoram, North Eastern India. Vertebrate Zoology 68 (2): 165-175.

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pulchra Taxa named by Ralf Britz Freshwater fish Fish described in 2007 {{Anabantiformes-stub