Black snakehead
Channa melasoma
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- Scientific name
- Channa melasoma
- Family
- Channidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Channidae
- Order
- Anabantiformes
- Synonyms
- Ophicephalus melasoma, Ophicephalus mystax, Ophicephalus rhodotaenia, Ophiocephalus baramensis, Ophiocephalus melanosoma, Ophiocephalus melasoma
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 22–32 °C
- pH
- 4–7
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–5 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 30 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 243 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 120 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- Pair
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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