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Channa maculata in Hawaii (USA)
Blotched snakehead

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Channa maculata   (Lacepède, 1801)
Family:	Channidae (Snakeheads)			picture (Chmac_ue.jpg) by CAFS
Order:	Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Blotched snakehead
Max. size:	20.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 5258)
Environment:	benthopelagic
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Asia: Japan, southern China, Viet Nam, Taiwan and the Philippines.
Biology:	Inhabit silty and weedy bottoms of rivers and ponds or lakes (Ref. 9671). Feed on crustaceans, large insects, frogs and fishes (Ref. 5258). Oviparous (Ref. 205)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino. 1984. (Ref. 559)
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Hawaii (USA) country information
Common names:	Blotched snakehead		Ref:  Mundy, B.C., 2005
Status:	introduced		Ref:  Yamamoto, M.N. and A.W. Tagawa, 2000
Salinity:	freshwater
Abundance:	abundant (always seen in some numbers)		Ref:  Yamamoto, M.N. and A.W. Tagawa, 2000
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Brought to Hawaii by Asian immigrants in the 1800s; found only on the island of O'ahu, where it is abundant in the Wahiawa Reservoir and several smaller reservoirs on the north side of the island; considered to be one of the best eating fish among freshwater fishermen (Ref. 44091). Also Ref. 58302.
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Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Yamamoto, M.N., 1992
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	Checked:  Yamamoto, Mike N.	Modified:  Ortañez, Auda Kareen	Entered:  Welcomme, Robin L.

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Page created by: Eli, 20.10.03, last modified by Eli, 26.06.07