Channidae

Colored snakehead

Channa pulchra

Thirty Centimeters Channid Fish of Asian Waters

• Tropical
• Upper river
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Southeast Asia
• Elongated
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Channa pulchra is a species of snakehead fish in the family Channidae which is native to Myanmar. It was first described in 2007 by Ralf Britz from a specimen collected from the Kyeintali Chaung (stream) basin in Rakhine Yoma, western Myanmar. The fish is found in streams that are fast flowing, clear, highly oxygenated and relatively cold (subtropical).