Striped snakehead (Channa striata)
General data
- Main name: Striped snakehead
- Local names: Chevron snakehead, Chevron snakehead, Snakehead murrel, Murrel, Chevron snakehead, Banded snakehead
- Climates: Tropical
- Habitat: Freshwater
- Native: Asia
- Distribution: Yellow River (Huang He), Mekong, Ganges, Barak River, Irrawaddy, Godavari , View all... Mahanadi, Krishna, Chao Phraya, Great Tenasserim, Zhujiang River (Pearl river)
Classification
- Genus: Channa - Snakeheads
- Family: Channidae - Snakeheads
- Order: Anabantiformes - Gouramies and snakeheads
- Class: Actinopteri - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes