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| Species | Development state | Trait | Primary Data | Secondary Data |
| Channa argus | Egg | Egg size after water-hardening | 1.80-1.85 | 1.83 mm |
| Channa argus | Egg | Egg Buoyancy | Pelagic | Pelagic |
| Channa argus | Egg | Incubation time | 2 | 2.0 days |
| Channa argus | Egg | Degree-days for incubation | 31; 1.67 | 51.77 °C * day |
| Channa argus | Egg | Degree-days for incubation | 25; 1.875 | 46.88 °C * day |
| Channa argus | Egg | Degree-days for incubation | 18; 5 | 90.0 °C * day |
| Channa argus | Egg | Temperature for incubation | 23-25 | 24.0 °C |
| Channa argus | Larvae | Initial larval size | 4.5 | 4.5 mm |
| Channa argus | Larvae | Full yolk-sac resorption | 14 days | 14.0 °C * day |