Small snakehead

The small snakehead (Channa asiatica) is a species of snakehead. It is one of four species of the genus Channa native to China. It also can be found in Taiwan and southern Japan, to which it migrated (or was introduced). It is a medium-sized snakehead which is a nestbuilder (as opposed to the Indian mouthbrooder dwarf snakeheads).

Small snakehead
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anabantiformes
Family:	Channidae
Genus:	Channa
Species:	C. asiatica
Binomial name
Channa asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[2]
Gymnotus asiaticus Linnaeus, 1758 Channa ocellata Peters, 1864 Channa sinensis Sauvage, 1880 Channa formosana Jordan & Evermann, 1902