Channa asiatica

Basic information
Scientific name	Channa asiatica	(No picture)
Common names	Small snakehead
Higher taxon	Channidae, Perciformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	Taiwan, Hainan Is., Chang Jiang River and southern part of continental China, and N Vietnam.
Habitat	Rivers, lakes, and ponds in montane region.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Osaka Pref., Ishigakijima Is. and Okinawa Is. in Okinawa Pref.
Origin	Taiwan
Date	Imported from Taiwan, in 1960.
Route	Deliberate: For aquaculture.
Impact	Unknown impact.
Regulation in Japan	Introduction of this species is prohibited in Shiga, Nagano and Yamaguchi Prefs. For fishes of genus Channa, keeping and release are prohibited in UK, and import and transport are prohibited in USA.
Introduced range in other countries	None.

Reference

Notes

FishBase, accessed on 2010-06-15, http://www.fishbase.org/search.cfm
Kawanabe et al. (eds) (2002) Freshwater Fishes of Japan, 3rd ed.. Yama-kei Publishers, Tokyo (in Jpn)
Matsuzawa & Senou (2008) Alien fishes of Japan. Bun-ichi Sogo Shuppan, Tokyo (in Jpn)
Shimazu (2011) A distribution record of alien aquatic organisms and native fishes in 300 water systems on Okinawa Island in the summer of 2010. Japanese journal of conservation ecology. 16, 99-110 (in Jpn with English abst)
etc.