Endemic murrel Channa aurantimaculata, of North-eastern India, were acclimatized in the controlled cemented
cistern after 120 days and breeding has been getting done without any stimulation. Acclimatization response was
excellent and their growth and survival rate was found to be very encouraging. The observations will help for
explaining the culture potentiality and conservation of this data deficient near threatened murrel species and grown
for their ornamental importance can be cultured successfully and hence imports of a wide range of popular wildcaught
tropical fish could be restricted
