genus
Channa
Channa is a genus in the family Channidae. This database currently files 62 species under it.
- Species filed
- 62
- Threatened
- 0
- Countries recorded
- 0
- With a free photo
- 2%
- Weight range
- Not recorded
Best-known members of Channa
Ranked by popularity score.

Asian snakehead
Channa striata
Snakehead
Channa argus
Red snakehead
Channa micropeltes
Dwarf snakehead
Channa gachua
Chinafish
Channa asiatica
Ceylon snakehead
Channa orientalis
Green snakehead
Channa punctata
Rainbow snakehead
Channa bleheri
How threatened is Channa?
1 of 62 species filed here have an IUCN category on record.
| IUCN category | Species | Share of assessed |
|---|---|---|
| LCLeast Concern | 1 | 100% |
All species in Channa
| Common name | Scientific name | Family | Status | Weight | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asian snakehead | Channa striata | Channidae | Least Concern | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Snakehead | Channa argus | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Red snakehead | Channa micropeltes | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Dwarf snakehead | Channa gachua | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Chinafish | Channa asiatica | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Ceylon snakehead | Channa orientalis | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Green snakehead | Channa punctata | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Rainbow snakehead | Channa bleheri | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Murrel | Channa marulius | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Forest snakehead | Channa lucius | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Chel snakehead | Channa amphibeus | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Banka snakehead | Channa bankanensis | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Poman snakehead | Channa aurantimaculata | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Barca snakehead | Channa barca | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Snakehead | Channa maculata | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Ocellated snakehead | Channa pleurophthalma | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Pulchra snakehead | Channa pulchra | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Golden snakehead | Channa stewartii | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Malabar snakehead | Channa diplogramma | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Emperor snakehead | Channa marulioides | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Manu | Channa melasoma | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Bluespotted snakehead | Channa cyanospilos | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Burmese snakehead | Channa burmanica | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Inle snakehead | Channa harcourtbutleri | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Andrew Rao's snakehead | Channa andrao | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Blackfinned snakehead | Channa melanoptera | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Baram snakehead | Channa baramensis | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Dark snakehead | Channa nox | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Blue snakehead | Channa ornatipinnis | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Panaw snakehead | Channa panaw | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Nguyen's snakehead | Channa hoaluensis | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Geetakumari's snakehead | Channa melanostigma | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Channa longistomata | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Channa ninhbinhensis | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Knight's snakehead | Channa pardalis | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Channa pomanensis | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Channa aristonei | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lalhlimpuia's snakehead | Channa aurantipectoralis | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Channa auroflammea | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Channa coccinea | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Pleurophthalma snakehead | Channa pseudomarulius | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Channa rara | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Shingon snakehead | Channa shingon | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Channa stiktos | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Channa brunnea | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Channa nachi | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Channa pyrophthalmus | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Channa rakhinica | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Cobalt blue Channa | Channa torsaensis | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Channa bipuli | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Channa brahmacharyi | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Channa cocnhayia | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Brown snakehead | Channa kelaartii | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Channa lipor | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Channa quinquefasciata | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Channa rubora | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Channa bhoi | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Ophicephalus fasciatus | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Ophicephalus heterolepis | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Ophicephalus niger | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Ophicephalus ocellatus | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Ophiocephalus flos | Channidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |