Northern Snakehead
Channa argus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 998
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The northern snakehead also known as Chesapeake Channa (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. It is an important food fish and one of the most cultivated in its native region, with 510,000 tonnes annual production worldwide. 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. In the United States, it is found in Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri, and Mississippi.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Northern snakehead”.