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The northern snakehead (Channa argus) is a species of snakehead fish native to temperate East Asia, in China, Russia, North Korea, and South Korea. Their natural range goes from the Amur River watershed in Siberia and Manchuria down to Hainan. [3] It is an important food fish and one of the most cultivated in its native region, with an ...
The snakeheads are members of the freshwater perciform fish family Channidae, native to parts of Africa and Asia. These elongated, predatory fish are distinguished by their long dorsal fins, large mouths, and shiny teeth. They breathe air with gills, which allows them to migrate short distances over land. They have suprabranchial organs, which ...
Pla buang is a northern Thai dish of sun-dried and deep-fried giant snakehead. In Malaysia and Singapore, Indonesia are known locally as the Toman and are cultured in fish ponds and reservoirs as game fish because they put up a strong fight when hooked. The giant snakehead is also a good fish to eat, and is often served in Chinese restaurants.
Northern Snakehead, an invasive predatory fish from Asia, have been found in the Upper Delaware but so far in low numbers. The fish is sometimes mistaken with the native Bowfin.
Ophiocephalus vagus Peters, 1868. Ophiocephalus philippinus Peters, 1868. 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 ...
Channa. Channa is a genus of predatory fish in the family Channidae, commonly known as snakeheads, native to freshwater habitats in Asia. This genus contains about 50 scientifically described species. The genus has a wide natural distribution extending from Iraq in the west, to Indonesia and China in the east, and parts of Siberia in the Far East.
Channa formosana Jordan & Evermann, 1902. The small snakehead (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 nestbuilder (as opposed to the Indian ...
Ophiocephalus bistriatus Weber & de Beaufort, 1922. The forest snakehead (Channa lucius) is a species of snakehead, a fish of the family Channidae. Its range includes most of Southeast Asia and parts of southern China. It lives in forest streams and can reach 40 cm (16 in) in length. [2] The forest snakehead is known in Thai language as pla ...