Channa micropeltes: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the channa micropeltes lives – recorded in 5 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Channa micropeltes
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	5 countries
Continents	Asia
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Anabantiformes
Family	Channidae

Where does the channa micropeltes live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the channa micropeltes in 5 countries and territories across Asia. In Singapore it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the channa micropeltes endangered?

The channa micropeltes’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the channa micropeltes?

The channa micropeltes (Channa micropeltes) is a ray-finned fish in the order Anabantiformes and the family Channidae, genus Channa. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the channa micropeltes

Channa micropeltes, giant snakehead, giant mudfish or toman harimau, is among the largest species in the family Channidae, capable of growing to 1.8 m (5.9 ft) in length and a weight of 30 kg (66 lb). It is native to the fresh waters of Southeast Asia (South Indian populations are now regarded as a separate species, C. diplogramma), but has also been introduced elsewhere and is considered invasive in Taiwan. Other names include shol machh (শোল মাছ ) in Bengali, red snakehead, redline snakehead, and ikan toman (where ikan is fish in Malay and Indonesian).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Channa micropeltes (revision 1321185299), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q628790 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).