Channa lucius

Forest snakehead
Channa lucius from Mentaya Hulu, Central Kalimantan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Channidae
Genus:	Channa
Species:	C. lucius
Binomial name
Channa lucius (Cuvier, 1831).

The forest snakehead, Channa lucius, is a species of snakehead, a fish of the Channidae family. It lives in forest streams and can reach 40 cm in length. Its range includes most of South-east Asia and parts of southern China. The forest snakehead is known in Thai language as Pla Krasong (Thai: ปลากระสง ).^[1]

Description

It has a distinct series of port-hole markings on the side and has a more tapering head compared to other snakeheads. Juveniles are pale and have three lateral stripes from head to tail.

References

1. ^ Fishes of Thailand (Thai)

• "Channa lucius". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=642754. Retrieved 18 April 2006. 
• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Channa lucius" in FishBase. January 2006 version.

External links

• snakeheads.org