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Common names: Snakehead, Змееголов
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Inhabits the middle and lower reaches of the Amur, as well as the Ussuri River (Ref. 26334). This has been translocated to areas within the country for stocking in open waters but failed to establish self-sustaining populations (Ref. 45022) such as in Volga River drainage (Ref. 58297). nEurRus
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997
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Common names from other countries

Poisson tête de serpent, Cabeza de serpiente, سمك ثعبانيّ الرّأس, ... more

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anabantiformes (Gouramies, snakeheads) > Channidae (Snakeheads)
Etymology: Channa: Greek, channe, -es = an anchovy (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

; eau douce benthopélagique. Subtropical; 4°C - 22°C (Ref. 2060); 54°N - 25°N, 111°E - 141°E

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Asia: Amur southward to Xi Jiang and Hainan Island, China (Ref. 82587). Introduced elsewhere. Japan (Ref. 6094) and the USA (Ref. 51238) report adverse ecological impact after introduction.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m 30.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 56557); poids max. publié: 8.0 kg (Ref. 56557)

Description synthétique Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total): 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total): 49-54; Épines anales 0; Rayons mous anaux: 32 - 38

Obligate air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Can stay out of the water for 3 to 4 days at temperatures ranging from 10 to 15°C (Ref. 37350). Is a typical ambush predator that lies in wait for its prey on the bottom. Hunts mainly in the morning and in the evening, feeding primarily on fish (Ref. 12569). Matures at the age of 2 years and length of 30 cm. Spawns in June and July (Ref. 56557). Eggs are pelagic. Utilized for human consumption.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Bogutskaya, N.G., A.M. Naseka, S.V. Shedko, E.D. Vasil'eva and I.A. Chereshnev, 2008. The fishes of the Amur River: updated check-list and zoogeography. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 19(4):301-366. (Ref. 82587)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 24 February 2020

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Potential pest (Ref. 45309)

Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: commercial; Aquaculture: commercial; Aquarium: Aquariums publics

FAO(Aquaculture: production; pêcheries: production; publication : search) | FishSource |

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00776 (0.00496 - 0.01215), b=3.00 (2.87 - 3.13), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278): 4.4 ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.

Résilience (Ref. 120179): Faible, temps minimum de doublement de population : 4,5 à 14 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High vulnerability (62 of 100).

Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Channa argus (Cantor, 1842)