Blotched snakehead

Blotched snakehead
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Channidae
Genus:	Channa
Species:	C. maculata
Binomial name
	Channa maculata; (Lacépède, 1801)
Synonyms
	Ophicephalus guentheri Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874; Ophicephalus tadianus Jordan & Evermann, 1902; Ophiocephalus marmoratus Brind, 1914;

The blotched snakehead (Channa maculata) is a species of snakehead native to southern China and northern Vietnam, but has been widely introduced to other countries, where it is an invasive species.^[3] This predatory species typically grows to a length of 20–30 cm (7.9–11.8 in),^[4] but it has been confirmed at 33 cm (13 in) and some suggest it may reach a far larger size.^[3]

References

^ "Channa maculata". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Channa maculata". FishBase.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Channa maculata (Lacepde, 1802)". United States Geological Survey. November 23, 2009.
^ SeriouslyFish: Channa maculata. Retrieved 27 June 2014.

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[1] "Channa maculata". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Channa maculata". FishBase.

[USGS-3] "Channa maculata (Lacepde, 1802)". United States Geological Survey. November 23, 2009.

[4] SeriouslyFish: Channa maculata. Retrieved 27 June 2014.

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