Bluefinned snakehead
Channa bleheri
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A dwarf snakehead from the Brahmaputra basin in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, India, one of the most colourful in the genus, up to 17 centimetres. Unlike other dwarf snakeheads it does not mouthbrood: both parents guard the eggs and larvae.
- Scientific name
- Channa bleheri
- Family
- Channidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Channidae
- Order
- Anabantiformes
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 14–28 °C
- pH
- 6–8
- General hardness (GH)
- 2–20 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 17 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 108 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 120 cm
Behavior
- Temperament
- Semi-aggressive
- Social life
- Pair
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Near threatened (NT)
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