Giant Snakehead
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Scientific name | Channa micropeltes |
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Conservation status | Least Concern (Population stable) |
Higher classification | Channa |
Phylum | Chordata |
Found in | Tonlé Sap |
Lotus Pond, Kaohsiung | |
Cheow Lan Lake | |
Lower Seletar Reservoir | |
Did you know | In 2002 and 2003, the giant snakehead was caught in the waters of Maryland in the United States as well as in Rock River, Wisconsin. |
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ID | 1174037 |
About Giant Snakehead
The giant snakehead or giant mudfish is among the largest species in the family Channidae, capable of growing to 1. 5 m in length and a weight of 20 kg. It is native to the fresh waters of Southeast Asia, but has also been introduced elsewhere, where considered invasive.