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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]
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It is an important food fish and one of the most cultivated in its native region, with an estimated 500 short tons (450 t) produced every year in China and Korea alone. [4] Due to this, the northern snakehead has been exported throughout the world and has managed to establish non-native populations in Central Asia and North America.
The Chel snakehead, also known as the Channa amphibeus, ... One of the 'World's Rarest' Fish, Thought to Be Extinct, Rediscovered After 85 Years. Charna Flam. February 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM.
Indeed, a 2014 study found that the fish were depleted or overexploited at 93% of the sites examined and well-managed or unfished in only 7%; the fish appeared to be extirpated in 19% of these sites. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] The status of the arapaima population in the Amazon River Basin is unknown, hence it is listed on the IUCN red list as data deficient .
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.
The largest living species is the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) of the world's northern temperate oceans, also the second largest fish. The largest specimen, which was examined in 1851, measured 12.3 m (40 ft) long and weighed 16 tonnes. [ 1 ]
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 .