Striped Snakehead
Channa striata
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Channa striata, the striped snakehead, is a species of snakehead fish. It is also known as the common snakehead, chevron snakehead, or snakehead murrel and generally referred simply as mudfish. It is native to South and Southeast Asia, and has been introduced to some Pacific Islands. Reports from Madagascar and Hawaii are misidentifications of C. maculata.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Anabantiformes
- Family
- Channidae
- Genus
- Channa