Blotched Snakehead
Channa maculata
The Blotched Snakehead (Channa maculata) is a tropical freshwater fish of the family Channidae. It swims in midwater, close to the bottom. It grows to 26.6 cm (standard length, tail fin excluded). The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
- Size
- 26.6 cmstandard length, tail fin excluded
- Climate zone
- Tropical
In the wild
- Water type
- Freshwater
- Climate zone
- Tropical
- Habitat
- Midwater, close to the bottom
Conservation status
Classification
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyChannidae
- GenusChanna
- SpeciesChanna maculata
Quick answers
- Blotched Snakehead size: how big does it get?
- It grows to 26.6 cm (standard length, tail fin excluded).
- Blotched Snakehead: is it endangered?
- The IUCN Red List rates it Least Concern.
Related species
Emperor snakeheadChanna marulioides
Small SnakeheadChanna asiatica
Assamese SnakeheadChanna stewartii
Dwarf SnakeheadChanna gachua
Ceylon SnakeheadChanna orientalis
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.