Northern snakehead

Northern snakehead
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Channidae
Genus: Channa
Species:
C. argus
Binomial name
Channa argus
(Cantor, 1842)
Asian distribution of Channa argus (native in yellow, introduced in red). Source: USGS 2004[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Ophicephalus argus Cantor, 1842
  • Ophicephalus argus (Cantor, 1842)
  • Ophicephalus pekinensis Basilewsky, 1855
  • Ophiocephalus warpachowskii Berg, 1909

The northern snakehead (Channa argus) is a species of snakehead fish native to temperate East Asia, in China, Russia, North Korea, and South Korea. Their natural range goes from the Amur River watershed in Siberia and Manchuria down to Hainan.[3] It is an important food fish and one of the most cultivated in its native region, with an estimated 500 tons produced every year in China and Korea alone.[4] Due to this, the northern snakehead has been exported throughout the world and has managed to establish non-native populations in Central Asia and North America.The States they are currently found in are Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Arkansas and Mississippi.

  1. ^ Bogutskaya, N. (2022). "Channa argus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T13151166A13151169. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T13151166A13151169.en. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference usgs2004 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Channa argus". FishBase. August 2019 version.
  4. ^ Whedbee, Jeffrey. "Channa argus". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 10 June 2023.