[2] The species is regarded as an excellent food fish,[2] and it is also highly desired by aquarists, but its rarity, behavior and large size makes it unsuitable for most aquariums.

[4] The barca snakehead is only known from the upper Brahmaputra River basin the Assam and Nagaland in India,[1] and Sylhet in Bangladesh.

[5] It often inhabits a vertical tunnel that typically is around one metre (3.3 ft) long and goes down to the water table.

[7] The overall conservation status of the barca snakehead is poorly known, but it appears to generally be a scarce or rare species.

[5] The breeding season is prolonged and begins when the beels they inhabit are flooded by pre-monsoonal rain in April–May.