Assamese Snakehead
Channa stewartii
The Assamese Snakehead (Channa stewartii) is a tropical freshwater fish of the family Channidae. It swims in midwater, close to the bottom. It grows to 29.7 cm (total length). The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
- Size
- 29.7 cmtotal length
- Climate zone
- Tropical
In the wild
- Water type
- Freshwater
- Climate zone
- Tropical
- Habitat
- Midwater, close to the bottom
- Aquarium trade
- Traded commercially
Conservation status
Classification
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyChannidae
- GenusChanna
- SpeciesChanna stewartii
Quick answers
- Assamese Snakehead size: how big does it get?
- It grows to 29.7 cm (total length).
- Assamese Snakehead: is it endangered?
- The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
Related species
Emperor snakeheadChanna marulioides
Blotched SnakeheadChanna maculata
Dwarf SnakeheadChanna gachua
Ceylon SnakeheadChanna orientalis
Small SnakeheadChanna asiatica
Orange-spotted SnakeheadChanna aurantimaculata
Rainbow SnakeheadChanna bleheri
Forest SnakeheadChanna lucius
Malabar SnakeheadChanna diplogramma
Northern SnakeheadChanna argus
Barca SnakeheadChanna barca
Giant SnakeheadChanna micropeltes
Sources
The figures on this page are compiled from the references below.