| Chaca chaca | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Chacidae |
| Genus: | Chaca |
| Species: | C. chaca |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaca chaca (F. Hamilton, 1822) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Platystacus chaca F. Hamilton, 1822
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Chaca chaca is a species of angler catfish found in the Ganges-Brahmaputra River system of India and the Ayeyarwady River of Myanmar, where it is found in rivers, canals and ponds of grassland, scrubland, deciduous forest and rainforest habitats. These species grow to a length of 26.0 cm (10.2 inches). This fish is found in the aquarium trade. In Assam, it is locally known as kurkuri.
It is now listed as an endangered species.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chaca chaca". FishBase. December 2011 version.
- Roberts, Tyson R. (1982). "A Revision of the South and Southeast Asian Angler-Catfishes (Chacidae)". Copeia. 1982 (4). American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists: 895–901. doi:10.2307/1444100. JSTOR 1444100.
- Goswami* UC. Basistha SK. , Bora D, Shyamkumar K, Saikia B , Changsan K (2012) Fish diversity of North East India, inclusive of the Himalayan and Indo Burma biodiversity hotspotszones: A checklist on their taxonomic status, economic importance, geographical distribution, present status and prevailing threats. INT J BIODIVERS CONSER VOL. 4(15), PP. 592-613.
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