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    Species Accepted

    Channa argus (Cantor, 1842)

    Northern Snakehead

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 9 countries or islands

      9 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      nullYesUnknown
      IndonesiaYes
      JapanYes
      CambodiaNo
      KazakhstanNo
      NigeriaNo
      Russian FederationNo
      TurkmenistanNo
      United States of AmericaNo

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      5 results
      Cabeza de serpiente Spanish
      Northern Snakehead English
      Ocellated Snakehead English
      Poisson tête de serpent French
      snakehead English

      Treatments

      1 result

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      6 results
      Cantor, T. E. (1842) General features of Chusan, with remarks on the flora and fauna of that island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, New Series, 9 (58, 59 & 60), 265 - 278, 361 - 370 + 481 - 493. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 6704
      Shih, H.-J. (1936). Notes on the labyrinth fishes of China. Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology, Peiping (Zoology Series), Vol. 7, No. 2.
      Cantor, T. (1842). General features of Chusan, with remarks on the flora and fauna of that island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (1) 9: 265–278, 360–370, 481–493. https://doi.org/10.1080/03745484209445368 10.1080/03745484209445368
      Berg, L. S. (1909). Fishes of the Amur River basin. Zapiski Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk de St.-Petersbourg (Ser. 8), v. 24 (no. 9): 1–270, Pls. 1–3. [In Russian.]. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=414385
      Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1128
      Basilewsky, S. (1855). Ichthyographia Chinae borealis. Nouveaux Mémoires de La Société Impériale Des Naturalistes de Moscou, 10: 215–263, Pls. 1–9. [Published in 1855, written in 1852 (see cover). Plates cited in text do not agree with the actual plates.]. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=354762

      Citation

      Channa argus (Cantor, 1842) in undefined