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Gollum snakehead

Aenigmachanna gollum Britz, Anoop, Dahanukar & Raghavan, 2019

Status not recordedbony fish

The gollum snakehead (Aenigmachanna gollum) is a species in the family Aenigmachannidae, order Anabantiformes.

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Quick facts about the gollum snakehead

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the gollum snakehead live?

Not recorded

Is the gollum snakehead endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the gollum snakehead classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAnabantiformes
  5. familyAenigmachannidae
  6. genusAenigmachanna
  7. SpeciesAenigmachanna gollum Britz, Anoop, Dahanukar & Raghavan, 2019
Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Mahabali snakeheadEnglish
  • ปลาช่อนกอลลัมThai

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the gollum snakehead

Other species in the same genus Aenigmachanna.

CompareGollum snakehead vs Aenigmachanna mahabali

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the gollum snakehead?

The gollum snakehead (Aenigmachanna gollum) belongs to the family Aenigmachannidae in the order Anabantiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Gollum snakehead (Aenigmachanna gollum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/gollum-snakehead

MLA

“Gollum snakehead (Aenigmachanna gollum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/gollum-snakehead.

BibTeX
@misc{gollum_snakehead_2026,
  title = {Gollum snakehead (Aenigmachanna gollum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gollum-snakehead},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}