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Giant snakehead

Channa micropeltes

Photo by AlexBoyette
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Chattanooga aquarium

Species ID Suggestions

Giant snakehead

Channa micropeltes

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Mark Ridgway
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Comments (3)
neilsfish
Oops I misspelled it. Thanks for pointing that out!
Mark Ridgway
Binomial scientific taxonomy is not necessarily Latin. This fish might be 'Channa micropeltes' not 'Channa macropeltes'
neilsfish
That's a good picture! The Latin name is Channa macropeltes.

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