Is this a Snakehead? I've Never Seen A Fish Like This !!!

[fishyman]

I was looking through some old pics and one of the entry fishes in POTM January 2013, particularly entry 22 caught my attention.

Looks very nice and even like a snakehead to me but I have never seen one like this. Can someone confirm whether it is a snakehead? If it is, what snakeheadis it?

Here's Entry 22:

Please click on the yellow bar just above the pic to have a clearer, bigger view of the original image.

 

[bottles]

Yes, it's a juvenile Channa Marulius. That's a great pic.

 

[Rafini]

Actually its a Pleurothphalma not a Marulius. juvie Marulius are a yellow colour. Only the Pleuro's sport that irridescant blue sheen

 

[bottles]

It's 100% Marulius. I've kept Marulius and Pleuro. I've seen blue and yellow juvies.

 

[-DC-]

Yes, it's a juvenile Channa Marulius. That's a great pic.

Bottles is correct, this is marulius they come in both blue and yellow varieties.