Channidae

Snakeheads

55 species

1. 1Channa amphibeus (McClelland, 1845) · Borna snakeheadfresh · tropical
2. 2Channa andrao Britz, 2013 · Redspotted snakeheadfresh · tropical
3. 3Channa ara (Deraniyagala, 1945) · Sri Lanka giant snakeheadfresh · tropical
4. 4Channa argus (Cantor, 1842) · Snakeheadfresh · subtropical
5. 5Channa aristonei Praveenraj, Thackeray, Singh, Uma, Moulitharan & Mukhim, 2020fresh · tropical
6. 6Channa asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Small snakeheadfresh · tropical
7. 7Channa aurantimaculata Musikasinthorn, 2000 · Goldspotted snakeheadfresh · tropical
8. 8Channa aurantipectoralis Lalhlimpuia, Lalronunga & Lalramliana, 2016 · Orangefinned snakeheadfresh · tropical
9. 9Channa aurolineata (Day, 1870)fresh · tropical
10. 10Channa bankanensis (Bleeker, 1853) · Bangka snakeheadfresh · tropical
11. 11Channa baramensis (Steindachner, 1901) · Baram snakeheadfresh · tropical
12. 12Channa barca (Hamilton, 1822) · Barca snakeheadfresh · subtropical
13. 13Channa bipuli Praveenraj, Uma, Moulitharan & Bleher, 2018fresh · tropical
14. 14Channa bleheri Vierke, 1991 · Bluefinned snakeheadfresh · tropical
15. 15Channa brunnea Praveenraj, Uma, Moulitharan & Kannan, 2019 · Brown bleheriocean · tropical
16. 16Channa burmanica Chaudhuri, 1919 · Putao snakeheadfresh · tropical
17. 17Channa coccinea Britz, Tan & Rüber, 2024fresh · tropical
18. 18Channa cyanospilos (Bleeker, 1853) · Bluespotted snakeheadfresh · tropical
19. 19Channa diplogramma (Day, 1865) · Malabar snakeheadfresh · tropical
20. 20Channa gachua (Hamilton, 1822) · Red seam snakeheadfresh · tropical
21. 21Channa harcourtbutleri (Annandale, 1918) · Burmese snakeheadfresh · tropical
22. 22Channa hoaluensis Nguyen, 2011 · Vietnames snakeheadfresh · tropical
23. 23Channa kelaartii (Günther, 1861) · Dwarf snakeheadfresh · tropical
24. 24Channa longistomata Nguyen, Nguyen & Nguyen, 2012fresh · tropical
25. 25Channa lucius (Cuvier, 1831) · Javanese snakeheadfresh · tropical
26. 26Channa maculata (Lacepède, 1801) · Blotched snakeheadfresh · tropical
27. 27Channa marulioides (Bleeker, 1851) · Orange snakeheadfresh · tropical
28. 28Channa marulius (Hamilton, 1822) · Great snakeheadfresh · tropical
29. 29Channa melanoptera (Bleeker, 1855) · Blackfinned snakeheadfresh · tropical
30. 30Channa melanostigma Geetakumari & Vishwanath, 2011 · Lohit snakeheadfresh · tropical
31. 31Channa melasoma (Bleeker, 1851) · Black snakeheadfresh · tropical
32. 32Channa micropeltes (Cuvier, 1831) · Indonesian snakeheadfresh · tropical
33. 33Channa ninhbinhensis Nguyen, 2011 · Orange seam snakeheadfresh · tropical
34. 34Channa nox Zhang, Musikasinthorn & Watanabe, 2002 · Dark snakeheadfresh · subtropical
35. 35Channa orientalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · Walking snakeheadfresh · brackish · tropical
36. 36Channa ornatipinnis Britz, 2008 · Ornate snakeheadfresh · tropical
37. 37Channa panaw Musikasinthorn, 1998 · Blackspotted snakeheadfresh · tropical
38. 38Channa pardalis Knight, 2016 · Leopard snakeheadfresh · temperate
39. 39Channa pleurophthalma (Bleeker, 1851) · Ocellated snakeheadfresh · tropical
40. 40Channa pomanensis Gurumayum & Tamang, 2016 · Poma snakeheadfresh · tropical
41. 41Channa pseudomarulius (Günther, 1861) · Orangespotted snakeheadfresh · tropical
42. 42Channa pulchra Britz, 2007 · Colored snakeheadfresh · tropical
43. 43Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793) · Spotted snakeheadfresh · brackish · tropical
44. 44Channa pyrophthalmus Britz, Tan & Rüber, 2024fresh · tropical
45. 45Channa quinquefasciata Praveenraj, Uma, Knight, Moulitharan, Balasubramanian, Bineesh & Bleher, 2018 · Five banded snakeheadfresh · brackish · tropical
46. 46Channa rakhinica Britz, Tan & Rüber, 2024fresh · tropical
47. 47Channa rara Britz, Dahanukar, Anoop & Ali, 2019fresh · tropical
48. 48Channa rubora Britz, Tan & Rüber, 2024fresh · tropical
49. 49Channa shingon Endruweit, 2017 · Humpbacked snakeheadfresh · tropical
50. 50Channa stewartii (Playfair, 1867) · Assamese snakeheadfresh · tropical
51. 51Channa stiktos Lalramliana, Knight, Lalhlimpuia & Singh, 2018fresh · tropical
52. 52Channa striata (Bloch, 1793) · Striped snakeheadfresh · brackish · tropical · full sheet
53. 53Parachanna africana (Steindachner, 1879) · African snakeheadfresh · tropical
54. 54Parachanna insignis (Sauvage, 1884) · Largespotted snakeheadfresh · tropical
55. 55Parachanna obscura (Günther, 1861) · African obscure snakeheadfresh · tropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.