The Chevron Snakehead (Channa striata)
Distributed across a large area of South and SE Asia. This species may be a species complex, and not a single species. This fish has been introduced to a variery of places around the Pacific rim, as well as the United States.
They grow to a length of 90 cm. They inhabit mainly freshwater ponds and streams, usually in stagnant muddy waters. Besides breathing through the gills, Channa striata is an obligate air-breather, as well. They tend to prefer laying eggs in a shallow depression nest amongst or near aquatic vegetation. Carnivorous, feeding on worms, prawns, frogs, and especially other fishes. A with other snakeheads, they are known to have voracious appetites, and thus negatively affect eco-systems in which they are introduced…
(readmore: USGS - SE Ecological Science Center)
