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Asian Snakeheads
Channa
Channa is a genus of fish in the family Channidae, commonly known as snakehead, native to Asia. This genus contains more than 35 scientifically described species, but the most well known are probably the northern snakehead (Channa argus) and the giant snakehead (Channa micropeltes). These species have a wide natural distribution extending from Iran in the west, to China in the east and parts of Siberia in the Far East. They are one of the most...
55 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 54 known species
Striped Snakehead
speciesChanna striata
Northern Snakehead
speciesChanna argus
Red-tailed Snakehead
speciesChanna limbata
Giant Snakehead
speciesChanna micropeltes
Small Snakehead
speciesChanna asiatica
Spotted Snakehead
speciesChanna punctata
Goldline Bullseye Snakehead
speciesChanna aurolineata
Dwarf Snakehead
speciesChanna gachua
Forest Snakehead
speciesChanna lucius
Blotched Snakehead
speciesChanna maculata
Emperor snakehead
speciesChanna marulioides
Bullseye Snakehead
speciesChanna marulius
Black Snakehead
speciesChanna melasoma
Banka Snakehead
speciesChanna bankanensis
Kelaart's Dwarf Snakehead
speciesChanna kelaartii
Orange-spotted Snakehead
speciesChanna aurantimaculata
Ocellated Snakehead
speciesChanna pleurophthalma
Pleurophthalma Snakehead
speciesChanna pseudomarulius
Baram Snakehead
speciesChanna baramensis
Ceylon Snakehead
speciesChanna orientalis
Assamese Snakehead
speciesChanna stewartii
Malabar Snakehead
speciesChanna diplogramma
Pulchra Snakehead
speciesChanna pulchra
Panaw Snakehead
speciesChanna panaw
Andrew Rao's Snakehead
speciesChanna andrao
Barca Snakehead
speciesChanna barca
Channa lipor
speciesChanna lipor
Channa rara
speciesChanna rara
Fire and Ice Snakehead
speciesChanna pyrophthalmus
Burmese Snakehead
speciesChanna harcourtbutleri
northern × blotched snakehead
hybridChanna argus × maculata
Rainbow Snakehead
speciesChanna bleheri
Blackfinned Snakehead
speciesChanna melanoptera
Sri Lanka Giant Snakehead
speciesChanna ara
Blue-spotted Snakehead
speciesChanna cyanospilos
Five Banded Snakehead
speciesChanna quinquefasciata
Nguyen's Snakehead
speciesChanna hoaluensis
Shingon Snakehead
speciesChanna shingon
Knight's Snakehead
speciesChanna pardalis
Burmese Snakehead
speciesChanna burmanica
Ornate Snakehead
speciesChanna ornatipinnis
Borna Snakehead
speciesChanna amphibeus
Red Mosaic Snakehead
speciesChanna aristonei
Geetakumari's Snakehead
speciesChanna melanostigma
Mekong Snakehead
speciesChanna auroflammea
Channa longistomata
speciesChanna longistomata
Lalhlimpuia's Snakehead
speciesChanna aurantipectoralis
Channa stiktos
speciesChanna stiktos
Channa rakhinica
speciesChanna rakhinica
Night Snakehead
speciesChanna nox
Channa rubora
speciesChanna rubora
True Blue Snakehead
speciesChanna bipuli
Burmese Crimson-blue Snakehead
speciesChanna coccinea
Brown Bleheri
speciesChanna brunnea
Kachin Snakehead
speciesChanna kachina
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87358.