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Class: Teleostei
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Channidae Snakeheads

Genus: Channa

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Channa amphibeus Borna snakehead Asia 90 TL 1845
Channa andrao Redspotted snakehead Asia 14.2 TL 2013
Channa ara Sri Lanka giant snakehead Asia 65 SL 1945
Channa argus Snakehead Asia 100 TL 1842
Channa asiatica Small snakehead Asia 23.5 TL 1758
Channa aurantimaculata Goldspotted snakehead Asia 36.2 TL 2000
Channa aurantipectoralis Orangefinned snakehead Asia 2016
Channa bankanensis Bangka snakehead Asia 23.5 TL 1853
Channa baramensis Baram snakehead Asia 1901
Channa barca Barca snakehead Asia 105 TL 1822
Channa bleheri Bluefinned snakehead Asia 14.4 TL 1991
Channa brunnea Brown bleheri Asia 11.0 SL 2019
Channa burmanica Putao snakehead Asia 8.0 SL 1919
Channa cyanospilos Bluespotted snakehead Asia 17.6 SL 1853
Channa diplogramma Malabar snakehead Asia 1865
Channa gachua Red seam snakehead Asia 32.9 TL 1822
Channa harcourtbutleri Burmese snakehead Asia 25 NG 1918
Channa hoaluensis Vietnames snakehead Asia 25.5 SL 2011
Channa kelaartii Dwarf snakehead Asia 12.8 SL 1861
Channa longistomata Asia 15.6 TL 2012
Channa lucius Javanese snakehead Asia 53 TL 1831
Channa maculata Blotched snakehead Asia 20 TL 1801
Channa marulioides Orange snakehead Asia 27 TL 1851
Channa marulius Great snakehead Asia 183 TL 1822
Channa melanoptera Blackfinned snakehead Asia 65 TL 1855
Channa melanostigma Lohit snakehead Asia 14.3 SL 2011
Channa melasoma Black snakehead Asia 30 SL 1851
Channa micropeltes Indonesian snakehead Asia 130 SL 1831
Channa ninhbinhensis Orange seam snakehead Asia 27.5 SL 2011
Channa nox Dark snakehead Asia 19.8 SL 2002
Channa orientalis Walking snakehead Asia 33 TL 1801
Channa ornatipinnis Ornate snakehead Asia 20.5 SL 2008
Channa panaw Blackspotted snakehead Asia 17.1 SL 1998
Channa pardalis Leopard snakehead Asia 14.1 SL 2016
Channa pleurophthalma Ocellated snakehead Asia 40 TL 1851
Channa pomanensis Poma snakehead Asia 17.0 SL 2016
Channa pseudomarulius Orangespotted snakehead Asia 57.8 TL 1861
Channa pulchra Colored snakehead Asia 30 TL 2007
Channa punctata Spotted snakehead Asia 31 TL 1793
Channa rara Asia 2019
Channa shingon Humpbacked snakehead Asia 9.9 SL 2017
Channa stewartii Assamese snakehead Asia 29.7 TL 1867
Channa striata Striped snakehead Asia 100 SL 1793



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