Spotted snakehead

The Spotted snakehead lives in the benthopelagic, potamodromous, freshwater, brackish environment.

Spotted snakehead; Snakehead; Great snakehead; Chevron snakehead; Walking snakehead; Giant snakehead; Assamese snakehead; Small snakehead; Snakehead murrel; Snakehead gudgeon; Northern snakehead; Spotted treefrog; Spotted crake; Spotted sandgrouse; Large spotted genet; Spotted crocias; Spotted prinia; Spotted goby; Spotted laughingthrush; Two-spotted More

Only young spotted snakeheads feed on insect larvae before dietary changes to larger prey (Quayyum and Qasim, 1962). A more common use of snakeheads in biological control has been as a predator in fish culture. More

The spotted snakehead, Channa punctatus is a highly priced freshwater food fish species in India. The culture of snakeheads is still not common due to the scarcity of quality seed supply and lack of knowledge on their feeding and breeding techniques. More

Common names

Araccan in Malayalam (മലയാളം)
Belikorava in Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ)
Bhote in Nepali (नेपाली)
Burada matta in Telugu (తెలుగు)
Cabeza de serpiente moteada in Spanish (español)
Daula in Punjabi
Dulloonga in Punjabi
Duloora in Punjabi
Garai in Nepali (नेपाली)
Girai in Gujarati (ગુજરાતી)
Gorissa in Assamese (অসমীয়া)
Gorissa in Oriya (ଓଡ଼ିଆ)
Goroi in Assamese (অসমীয়া)
green snakehead in English
Kayichal in Malayalam (മലയാളം)
Kayichil in Malayalam (മലയാളം)
Khathlei in Khasi
Korang in Manipuri
Korava in Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ)
Korava in Tamil (தமிழ்)
Koravai in Tamil (தமிழ்)
Kuchi in Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ)
Kurra meenu in Telugu (తెలుగు)
Lata in Bengali (বাংলা)
Lati in Bengali (বাংলা)
Mada kanaya in Sinhalese (සිංහල)
Maral in Marathi (मराठी)
Matta gudisa in Telugu (తెలుగు)
Mitta in Telugu (తెలుగు)
Murral in Gujarati (ગુજરાતી)
Muttah in Telugu (తెలుగు)
Nga yan-panaw in Burmese (ဗမာစာ)
Nga-thilon in Burmese (ဗမာစာ)
Nga-yan-lon in Burmese (ဗမာစာ)
Ngamu-bogra in Manipuri
Para koravai in Tamil (தமிழ்)
Phool-dhok in Hindi (हिन्दी)
Pilkkukäärmeenpää in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Plettet slangehovedfisk in Danish (dansk)
Prickig Ormhuvudfisk in Swedish (Svenska)
Punktierter Schlangenkopf in German (Deutsch)
Saap in Gujarati (ગુજરાતી)
Soal in Kashmiri (कश्मीरी)
Spotted snakehead in English
Taki in Bengali (বাংলা)
Tête de serpent tachetée in French (français)
फुल धोक in Hindi (हिन्दी)
ਸੋਲ in Punjabi
ਦੁਲੌੰਗਾ in Punjabi
கொரவ  in Tamil (தமிழ்)
கொரவை in Tamil (தமிழ்)
பர கொரவை in Tamil (தமிழ்)
பாரைக் கொரவை in Tamil (தமிழ்)
మిట్ట  in Telugu (తెలుగు)
കായിചില്  in Malayalam (മലയാളം)
പുള്ളി വരാല് in Malayalam (മലയാളം)
翠鱧 in Mandarin Chinese
翠鳢 in Mandarin Chinese

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