Channa argus argus More info | Plus d'info | Mais info | Fishwatchers: Add your observation | Attach your web site to this page | NEW! Upload your photos and videos for this fish | FishBase English | Espa�ol | Portugu�s ( Br , Pt ) | Fran�ais | Deutsch | Italiano | Nederlands | | | More Languages... Channa argus argus     Snakehead     Advertisement You can sponsor this page Channa   argus argus   (Cantor, 1842)   Family:   Channidae (Snakeheads) picture (Charg_u5.jpg) by IGFA Order:   Perciformes  (perch-likes) Class:   Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) FishBase name: Snakehead Max. size:   100.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 56557)); max. published weight: 8,000 g (Ref. 56557) Environment:   benthopelagic; freshwater Climate: temperate; 14 – 22°C (Ref. 2060); 54°N - 25°N, 111°E - 141°E Importance:   fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial Resilience:   Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.) Vulnerability:  Moderate vulnerability (43.02). (Ref. 59153) Distribution:   Gazetteer Asia: China and western and southern Korea. Japan (Ref. 6094) and the USA (Ref. 51238) report adverse ecological impact after introduction. Morphology:   Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 49 - 54; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 32 - 38 Biology:   Can stay out of the water for 3 to 4 days at temperatures ranging from 10 to 15�C. Matures at the age of 2 years and length of 30 cm. Spawns in June and July. Eggs are pelagic. Utilized for human consumption. Red List Status: Not Evaluated (Ref. 57073) Dangerous:   potential pest Coordinator:   Main Ref:   Berg, L.S.. 1965 . (Ref. 2058)  Update | Add | Get XML file | Point data in XML | Common names in XML | Photos in XML More information:   Countries FAO areas Occurrences Introductions Ecosystems Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Predators Ciguatera Common names Synonyms Pictures Sounds Reproduction Maturity Spawning Eggs Egg dev. Larvae Larval dynamics Biblio Otoliths References Growth L-W relationship L-L relationship Length frequencies Recruitment Max. age & size Metabolism Morphology Morphometrics Gill area Brains Vision Collaborators Genetics Allele frequencies Heritability Strains Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Diseases Ecotoxicology Processing Speed Swim. type Stamps Note: No data available if label is black; please send relevant papers to: FishBase, MC P.O. Box 2631, 0718 Makati, Philippines, or attach files to 'Comments & Corrections' email below. The Journal Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria welcomes short articles on the above topics, especially if they fill gaps. . Tools: Biogeographic modelling | E-book | Field guide | Length-Frequency Wizard | Life-history tool | Internet sources:   Alien/Invasive Species database | Catalog of Fishes | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO aquaculture | FAO catch | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | GOBASE | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | ispecies | National databases | PubMed | Recipes | Sea Around Us | SeaLife Portal | Scirus | Tree of Life | uBio | uBio RSS | Wikipedia ( Go, Search ) Zoological Record Check for FishWatcher | Check for other web sites | Check for Fish Forum | Check for Aquarium maintenance | Check for Species Fact Sheets | Check for Aquaculture Fact Sheets | Note: use the Back button of your browser to return to FishBase. Checked: Casal, Christine Marie V. Modified: Orlov, Alexei Entered: Froese, Rainer Ref.:   Glossary ( e.g. 9948 ) ( e.g. cephalopods ) ThisFishForum      Comments & Corrections      Sign our Guest Book      << Back to Search This FishBase mirror is hosted by Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan Page last modified on 01.10.08