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Capture (blue) and aquaculture (green) production of Channa micropeltes in thousand tonnes from 1950 to 2022, as reported by the FAO [2]. Channa micropeltes, giant snakehead, giant mudfish or toman harimau, is among the largest species in the family Channidae, capable of growing to 1.3 m (4.3 ft) in length and a weight of 20 kg (44 lb). [3]
Head of a northern snakehead. The distinguishing features of a northern snakehead include a long dorsal fin with 49–50 rays, [6] an anal fin with 31–32 rays, a small, anteriorly depressed head, the eyes above the middle part of the upper jaw, a large mouth extending well beyond the eye, and villiform teeth in bands, with large canines on the lower jaw and palatines.
Channa marulius, the bullseye snakehead or great snakehead, is a large species of snakehead native to South Asia. [2] Populations in Southeast Asia are now regarded as separate species. [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
Snakeheads have also been spotted in New York State according to the state's Department of Environmental Conservation. [15] Snakeheads have been caught in New Jersey since at least 2008 and, according to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the snakehead population appears to be growing and expanding its distribution.
The Northern snakehead was first reported in the United States in Maryland during the summer of 2002. When officials realized the species was a danger to the Chesapeake Bay, they drained the pond ...
The blotched snakehead (Channa maculata) is a species of snakehead. It is one of four species of the genus Channa native to China . It is also native to northern Vietnam and Taiwan , but has been widely introduced to other countries, where it is an invasive species . [ 4 ]
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