Blotched snakehead (Channa maculata)

Scientific name: Channa maculata Lacep?de, 1801

Blotched snakehead (Channa maculata)

The Blotched snakehead (Channa maculata) is a freshwater fish of the family Channidae. Native range: Asia, Japan, southern China, Viet Nam, Taiwan and the Philippines.

Biology

Inhabit silty and weedy bottoms of rivers and ponds or lakes. Feed on crustaceans, large insects, frogs and fishes. Oviparous.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Channa maculata
Family
Channidae (Snakeheads)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
20.0
Common length
11.0
Environment
Freshwater; benthopelagic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Asia: Japan, southern China, Viet Nam, Taiwan and the Philippines.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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