Dwarf snakeheads

Updated on Jan 11, 2024

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Dwarf snakeheads is term coined by aquarists to describe a group of snakehead fishes growing only 10 inches (25 cm) maximum.

The following snakeheads belong to this group:

Channa bleheri

Channa burmanica

Channa gachua

Channa harcourtbutleri

Channa orientalis

Channa stewartii

In addition to those scientifically described snakeheads, several other undescribed snakeheads belong to this group. Those are (with trade names)

Channa species five-stripe

Channa species lal-cheng, also known as blue bleheri and Channa spec. Assam

Channa species true-blue, also known as Channa species galaxy-blue

Besides their commonality of being of small size, two other features characterize this group more specifically.

Zoogeographically, they belong to the Indian ichthyofauna

This species are all but one mouthbrooders. Channa bleheri is the only nestbrooding species of this group.

Further information

For further taxonomic information see Channa on Wikispecies.

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