Overview
Family : Snakeheads ; Inhabit silty and weedy bottoms of rivers and ponds or lakes [1]. Feed on crustaceans, large insects, frogs and fishes [2]. Oviparous [3].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Blotched Snakehead, Snakehead, snakehead mullet
Common Names in Japanese:
Taiwan-Doj, Taiwan-dojô
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
斑鱧, 斑鳢, 鱧魚, 鳢鱼
Common Names in Swedish:
Fl, Fläckig Ormhuvudfisk
Common Names in Vietnamese:
Cá Chu?i hoa, Cá Chuối hoa
Description
Physical Description
Species Channa maculata
Males are commonly 11 cm (Standard Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 20 cm (Total Length).
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
-
- Suborder:
Channoidei
()
- Suborder:
Channoidei
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Bostrychus maculatus • Bostrychus maculatus Lacepède • Bostrychus maculatus Lacépède, 1802 • Channa maculata • Channa maculata (Lacepède, 1801) • Channa maculata (Lacepède, 1802) • Channa maculata< /i> (Lacepède • Ophiocephalus maculatus (Lacepède
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Year follows Ref. 54621.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Channa
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 20 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. amphibeus (Borna Snakehead) · C. argus (Northern Snakehead) · C. argus argus (Snakehead) · C. argus warpachowskii (Amur Snakehead) · C. asiatica (Small Snakehead) · C. barca (Barca Snakehead) · C. harcourtbutleri (Burmese Snakehead) · C. maculata (Blotched Snakehead) · C. marulia (Bullseye Snakehead) · C. marulius (Bullseye Snakehead) · C. marulius marulius (Bullseye Snakehead) · C. melasoma (Black Snake Mackerel) · C. micropeltes (Indonesian Snakehead) · C. micropeltis (Indonesian Snakehead) · C. orientalis (Smooth-Breasted Snakehead) · C. punctata (Spotted Snakehead) · C. punctatus (Spotted Snakehead) · C. stewartii (Assamese Snakehead) · C. striata (Striped Snake Head Murrel) · C. striatus (Striped Snake Head Murrel)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 132, p. 161.
- Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 220, p. 23.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.
- FishBase
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Teugels, Guy (from FishBase).
- Yau, Bernard. Fish Album
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 123420
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-27119
- Fishbase Species ID: 8701
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13538407
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 166684
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 106280
Footnotes
- Huang, H. (et. al.) (1987). The freshwater fishes of China in coloured illustrations. The freshwater fishes of China in coloured illustrations. [back]
- Man, S.H. and I.J. Hodgkiss (1981). Hong Kong freshwater fishes. Urban Council, Wishing Printing Company, Hong Kong, 75 p. [back]
- Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen (1966). Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. [back]
