Channa marulius or marulioides? i'm confused..

[phen_dox]

i got 2 unidentified snakehead.. they about 8" to 11" now.. what species are they? marulius or marulioides? help me..

sorry for those bad quality pics..

 

[PhullTank57]

hard to tell with those pics?... can you take pic w/out the glare?

first 2 look possibly like marulia?? but can't really say??

 

[Miguel]

with those pics it i impossible..they are very close related ( some even say it is the same brteed but from different places )

Give us pixs, please..

 

[hurricane_redbone]

marulius i think...
the marulioides dont have those vertical bars... they has bloches

 

[phen_dox]

marulius i think...
the marulioides dont have those vertical bars... they has bloches

but i think it marulioides.. they call it 'toman bunga' or emperor snakehead here.. but i'm not sure..

 

[phen_dox]

hard to tell with those pics?... can you take pic w/out the glare?

first 2 look possibly like marulia?? but can't really say??

Some other snakehead pics.. plz help me id this snakehead.. marulius or marulioides..

 

[Euge]

maruliodes and marulia are two very similar species. If i remember correctly the only way of correctly identifying them is by finding out where they were caught. Maruliodes apparently grow much larger than the marulia and i read a report of one being caught that was 72". I think i've said that before.

 

[phen_dox]

maruliodes and marulia are two very similar species. If i remember correctly the only way of correctly identifying them is by finding out where they were caught. Maruliodes apparently grow much larger than the marulia and i read a report of one being caught that was 72". I think i've said that before.

euge.. i think you confuse with size for both snakeheads.. marulius is the bigger snakehead in channa family while marulioides only can growth upto 2 feets..

 

[Euge]

you're prolly right

 

[intrxz]

it's a maruloides..emperor snakehead..and marulia r longer in size..