Channa gachua

Description

Channa gachua, the dwarf snakehead, is a species of fish in the family Channidae, the snakeheads. It is native to Asia, where it has a wide distribution from Afghanistan to the Middle East to Indonesia. This fish is considered to be a species complex, a group of several closely related taxa with one name. It is likely at least 3 to 4 different species, and further research may differentiate them. The newer species Channa harcourtbutleri was separated from the complex in 1999.