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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]
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 13,000 pounds of snakehead harvested from the Conowingo were sent to J.J. McDonnell and Co. Inc., a seafood wholesaler south of Baltimore in Elkridge, Maryland, for processing.
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 ...
Giant cichlid: Boulengerochromis microlepis: Giant devil ray: Mobula mobular: Giant freshwater stingray: Urogymnus polylepis: Giant oarfish: Regalecus glesne: Giant oceanic manta ray: Mobula birostris: Giant snakehead: Channa micropeltes: Giant sunfish: Mola alexandrini: Very rare Glass blenny: Emblemariopsis diaphana: Glass goby: Coryphopterus ...
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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 .