The Channa cyanospilos lives in the benthopelagic, freshwater environment.
Channa cyanospilos can be separated from C. melasoma by lower jaw length (5 percent standard length in C. cyanospilos, 12-13 percent in C. melasoma). Both species also have 8 predorsal scales behind the cephalic shields (7 in C. striata). More