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Snakehead betta

Betta channoides Kottelat & Ng, 1994

Status not recordedbony fish

The snakehead betta (Betta channoides) is a species in the family Osphronemidae, order Anabantiformes.

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Quick facts about the snakehead betta

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 snakehead betta live?

Not recorded

Is the snakehead betta 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 snakehead betta classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAnabantiformes
  5. familyOsphronemidae
  6. genusBetta
  7. SpeciesBetta channoides Kottelat & Ng, 1994
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • bojovnice hadohlaváCzech

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the snakehead betta

Other species in the same genus Betta.

Blue betta

Betta smaragdina

OsphronemidaeNo free photo yet

Wine betta

Betta burdigala

OsphronemidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the snakehead betta?

The snakehead betta (Betta channoides) belongs to the family Osphronemidae in the order Anabantiformes.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Snakehead betta (Betta channoides). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/snakehead-betta

MLA

“Snakehead betta (Betta channoides).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/snakehead-betta.

BibTeX
@misc{snakehead_betta_2026,
  title = {Snakehead betta (Betta channoides)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/snakehead-betta},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}