Spotted snakehead, Channa punctata, මඩ කනයා

 

Orange-spotted snakehead

Scientific name: Channa aurantimaculata

Phylum: Chordata

Higher Classification: Channa

Order: Anabantiformes

Rank: Species

 

• ·         They get their name from the English language because their heads look like cobras.

• ·         Body brown, gray.

• ·         They live in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Myanmar, Nepal and Bangladesh and are a species of fish introduced to our country.

• ·         Grows to about forty centimeters in length.

• ·         Natural habitats are marshy ponds and aquifers.

• ·         It is an endangered species, according to a report by the IUCN.