Northern Snakehead
Channa argus
The Northern Snakehead (Channa argus) is a subtropical freshwater fish of the family Channidae. It swims in midwater, close to the bottom. It grows to 100 cm (total length). The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
- Size
- 100 cmtotal length
- pH
- 6.0–8.0
- Climate zone
- Subtropical
In the aquarium
pH6.0–8.0
Hardness5–25 °dGH
In the wild
- Water type
- Freshwater
- Climate zone
- Subtropical
- Habitat
- Midwater, close to the bottom
- Aquarium trade
- Public aquariums only
Conservation status
Classification
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyChannidae
- GenusChanna
- SpeciesChanna argus
Quick answers
- Northern Snakehead size: how big does it get?
- It grows to 100 cm (total length).
- Northern Snakehead: is it endangered?
- The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
Related species
Barca SnakeheadChanna barca
Giant SnakeheadChanna micropeltes
Forest SnakeheadChanna lucius
Orange-spotted SnakeheadChanna aurantimaculata
Ceylon SnakeheadChanna orientalis
Dwarf SnakeheadChanna gachua
Assamese SnakeheadChanna stewartii
Emperor snakeheadChanna marulioides
Blotched SnakeheadChanna maculata
Small SnakeheadChanna asiatica
Bullseye SnakeheadChanna marulius
Rainbow SnakeheadChanna bleheri
Sources
The figures on this page are compiled from the references below.