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Striped snakehead

Channa striata

Striped snakehead — Channa striata
  • Freshwater
  • Least Concern
Max length
90 cm
Classification
Class
Teleostei
Order
Anabantiformes
Family
Channidae
Genus
Channa
Distribution
  • Africa - Inland waters
  • Asia - Inland waters

About the striped snakehead

Channa striata, the striped snakehead, is a species of snakehead fish. It is also known as the common snakehead, chevron snakehead, or snakehead murrel and generally referred simply as mudfish. It is native to South and Southeast Asia, and has been introduced to some Pacific Islands. Reports from Madagascar and Hawaii are misidentifications of C. maculata.

A genetic study published in 2017 indicates that C. striata is a species complex.

Description from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA.

Where the striped snakehead lives

Distribution data from GBIF (DOI: 10.15468/dl.8rzs8d).

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