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Chitala chitala (Thousand dollar knife fish; Knife fish; Featherback; Feather back; Clown knifefish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Chitala chitala (Bengali: চিতল, Tamil: அம்பட்டன்வாளை, சொட்டைவாளை or அம்புட்டன் வாழ) is a knifefish from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan, where found in the Indus, Ganges-Brahmaputra and Mahanadi River basins. It is sometimes known as the Indian featherback. In the past it frequently included several related Chitala species, but these are now regarded as separate species. The main species confused with this species is C. ornata (clown featherback or clown knifefish); a Southeast Asian species seen regularly in the aquarium trade. The true C. chitala is very rare in the aquarium trade.
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Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Taman Negara National Park II 1122273 Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia  

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♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0