Blotched Snakehead. (Channa maculata). Max size 20cm.Predatory.
The Blotched Snakehead is found throughout Asia in Thailand, Japan, southern China, Viet Nam, Taiwan and the Philippines. This small member of the Channidae (snakeheads) family of fishes is of the Perciformes (Perch-like fishes) order of fish and is an extremely aggressive predatory fish.
This camouflaged predator is found in small streams, ponds and rivers where it subsists on a diet of crustaceans, large insects, frogs and small fishes.
The Blotched Snakehead is found throughout the natural waterways and lakes of Thailand and is considered to be of a low vulnerability and has healthy population densities in Asia. |
