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Channa
Channa is a genus of the Channidae family of snakehead fishes. This genus contains about 29 species, but the most well known are probably northern snakehead (Channa argus) and the giant snakehead (Channa micropeltes). The diets of various species of Channa include fish, frogs, snakes, rodents,...
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Northern snakehead
The northern snakehead (Channa argus) is a fish of snakehead fish native to China, Russia, and Korea. In the United States, the fish is considered to be a highly invasive species. In a well-known incident, several were found in a pond in Crofton,...
Scientific name:
- Channa argus
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 166680
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 215402
Channa amphibeus
The Borna snakehead, or Chel snakehead, Channa amphibeus, is an extremely rare species of snakehead. C. amphibeus is native only to the Chel River (in the drainage of the Brahmaputra), of the Bhutan foothills, in northern Bengal, India.
As with all...
Scientific name:
- Channa amphibeus
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 642744
Channa barca
The Barca snakehead, Channa barca, is a species of snakehead. It is extremely rare. Its type location is Goalpara, a small city on the southern banks of the Brahmaputra river in Assam, India. According to snakeheads.org, outside India there are only...
Scientific name:
- Channa barca
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 642748
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 304454
Channa bleheri
The Rainbow snakehead, Channa bleheri, is a species of snakehead. Its type location is Dibrugarh, the most north-eastern area of Assam, India. It is known in Assamese as Sengeli.
This species is one of the favourite snakeheads for aquarists because...
Scientific name:
- Channa bleheri
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 642749
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 304452
Channa asiatica
Channa asiatica, is a species of snakehead. It is one of four species of the genus Channa native to China. It also can be found in Taiwan and southern Japan, to which it migrated (or was introduced). It is a medium sized snakehead which is a...
Scientific name:
- Channa asiatica
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 166683
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 188929
Channa lucius
The forest snakehead, Channa lucius, is a species of snakehead, a fish of the Channidae family. It lives in forest streams and can reach 40 cm in length. Its range includes most of South-east Asia and parts of southern China. The forest snakehead is...
Scientific name:
- Channa lucius
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 642754
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 64146
Channa gachua
Channa gachua is a species of snakehead. It is one of the smallest species of snakehead and has a length of 20 cm. It gave its name to the aquarist's term dwarf snakeheads to denote the smaller Channa species
It can be found in Asian countries from...
Scientific name:
- Channa gachua
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 166678
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 33790
Channa striata
The snakehead murrel, Channa striata, is a species of snakehead. It is also known as the common snakehead, chevron snakehead, striped snakehead and aruan or haruan, and has also been classified under the binomial names Ophiocephalus striatus Bloch...
Scientific name:
- Channa striata
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 166667
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 64152
Channa aurantimaculata
Channa aurantimaculata is a species of snakehead. Its body is of brownish colour intermixed with vertical orange stripes. Its type locality is Dibrugarh, the most north-eastern area of Assam, India. Dibrughar is the same type locality as that of...
Scientific name:
- Channa aurantimaculata
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 642745
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 452070
Channa burmanica
Channa burmanica is an endemic species of snakehead from Northern Burma. It is a very small species of snakehead that is included in the group of Dwarf snakeheads. Its colouring closely resembles that of Channa gachua and Channa bleheri. It is very...
Scientific name:
- Channa burmanica
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 642750
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 304455
Channa harcourtbutleri
Channa harcourtbutleri is a species of snakehead endemic to Inle Lake and surroundings in Myanmar. Locally called nga ohn-ma, among aquarists it is known as one of the "dwarf snakeheads", but no significant import for aquarists is known. It is one...
Scientific name:
- Channa harcourtbutleri
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 642753
Giant snakehead
The giant snakehead or or giant mudfish (Channa micropeltes) is the largest in the family Channidae, capable of growing to over 1 meter in length (3 feet) and a weight of over 20 kilograms (40 pounds). It is widely distributed in the freshwater of...
Scientific name:
- Channa micropeltes
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 642757
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 64149
Channa orientalis
Channa orientalis is a dwarf snakehead species. the common name give to 'channa orientalis' is the ceylon snakehead. They are freshwater fish that grow to a maximum size of 10 cm/4 inches. They originate southwest of the island of Sri Lanka. They...
Scientific name:
- Channa orientalis
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 166675
Channa marulius
The bullseye snakehead or great snakehead (Channa marulius) is native to South Asia but has been introduced to the United States. In South India it is commonly found in reservours. It is found in Pechpparai, Chittar, Manimuthar, Bhvani and Mettur...
Scientific name:
- Channa marulius
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 166663
