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The record-breaking northern snakehead weighed 19.9 lb (9.0 kg), with a length of 35.157 inches (89.3 cm). The snakehead was shot in Mattawoman Creek in Charles County, Maryland, near Indian Head. [29] In October 2019, a number of northern snakeheads were found in a pond on private property in Gwinnett County, Georgia. [30] [31] [32]
The fish can breathe air and is able to survive on land
Since then, they have spread throughout state and have been found in York County’s Lake Redman.) And they are prolific. “The snakehead numbers are up,” Williams said.
This is a list of invasive species in North America.A species is regarded as invasive if it has been introduced by human action to a location, area, or region where it did not previously occur naturally (i.e., is not a native species), becomes capable of establishing a breeding population in the new location without further intervention by humans, and becomes a pest in the new location ...
Humans have been introducing snakeheads to nonindigenous waters for over 100 years. In parts of Asia and Africa, the snakehead is considered a valuable food fish since the flesh is very tender, and is produced in aquacultures (fisheries motivation) or by accidental release (as was the case in Crofton, Maryland ). [ 10 ]
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 air-breathing northern snakehead (Channa argus), a species of fish native to East Asia, has recently been reported [4] [5] in the lower Potomac River.Although no snakeheads have been detected in West Virginia, this invasive species from northern China had been declared a threat to the state's aquatic ecosystem.
The northern snakehead was caught last month in a drainage pool at Duck Creek Conservation Area. The last time one showed up in Missouri was four years ago, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.