Ophicephalus nigricans is a Junior Synonym of Channa barca.

Channa barca (Hamilton, 1822)

Barca snakehead - Tila shol - Native Fish - Wild (Freshwater)

Systematic Position: [2]

Kingdom	:	Animalia
Phylum	:	Chordata
Class	:	Teleostei
Order	:	Perciformes
Family	:	Channidae
Genus	:	Channa
Species	:	Channa barca

Common Names:

English	:	Barca snakehead[6]
Bangla	:	Tila shol[5] Pipia[5] Tila[5] Bakka-lati[274]

Synonyms:

Ophiocephalus barca Hamilton, 1822
Ophicephalus nigricans Cuvier, 1831 Apr
Ophiocephalus amphibius (Non McClelland, 1845)

Maximum Length and Weight:

90 cm (TL) ^[6]

Inter-Length Relationship:

Head length : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 4.2-4.7 : 3.4-3.7 ^[5]
Body height : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 6.4-7.3 : 5.3-5.9 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Head length = 1 : 7.5 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Snout length = 1 : 1.4-1.7 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Inter orbial width = 1 : 2 ^[5]

Taxonomic Formula:

D. 50-51; P₁. 15; P₂. 6; A. 34-35 ^{[Rahman, 2005]}
D 47-52; A 34-36; P 16; V 6 ^{[Talwar and Jhingran, 1991]}
B v; D 47-52; A 34-36; P 16; V 1/5; C 19; L.ls 60-65; L.tr 5-6/13 ^{[Bhuiyan, 1964]}

Scales:

60-65 scales on lateral line. 15 scales before dorsal fin base. [6]

Chemistry:

Data not available

Conservation Status:

Global	:	Data Deficient (DD)	(Version 3.1) [500]
Bangladesh	:	Critically Endangered (CR)	(Version 3.1) [177]

Occurrence/Distribution:

Global	:	Bangladesh[70] India[37] Nepal[844]
Bangladesh	:	Dekhar haor, Sunamganj[5] Padma river, Rajshahi[274] Mahananda River, Chapainawabganj[775] Bhairab river, Jashore[807] Tanguar Haor, Sunamganj[1025]

Habitat and Environment:

Habitat:
Haor ^[347]

Environment:

Parameters	Units	Minimum	Maximum	Optimum	Ref.
Temperature	-	-	-	-	-
pH	-	-	-	-	-
DO	-	-	-	-	-
Free CO2	-	-	-	-	-

Breeding Maturity:

Data not available

Breeding Season: (red background)

Data not available

Fecundity:

Data not available

Food and Feeding Habit:

Diet composition (%): Data not available

Importance:

Production and Marketing:
Production/Harvesting Season: Data not available
Harvesting Gears: Data not available
Market price: Data not available