ID this snake head

[jjdsplace]

Hi i just got this snakehead and was wondering if anyone could ID it sorry pics taken with phone

 

[deangelo]

looks like a channa asiatica...

 

[Bsixxx]

i agree

it does but clearer pictures would help

 

[danny]

100% asiatica (chinese snakehead) gets to about 35cm,,, i have six

 

[jjdsplace]

thanks all
had a look at some pics and it does look very much like one

this one look like a large twin

 

[stotty]

Channa asiatica, It is one of four species of the genus Channa native to China. It also can be found in Taiwan and southern Japan, to which it migrated (or was introduced). It is a medium sized snakehead which is a nestbuilder (as opposed to the Indian mouthbrooder dwarf snakeheads).

Channa asiatica is one of the few species of snakehead that have no ventral fins. so if your fish has no ventral thats the one.

there no monster so a good fish to start with.

 

[jjdsplace]

Channa asiatica, It is one of four species of the genus Channa native to China. It also can be found in Taiwan and southern Japan, to which it migrated (or was introduced). It is a medium sized snakehead which is a nestbuilder (as opposed to the Indian mouthbrooder dwarf snakeheads).

Channa asiatica is one of the few species of snakehead that have no ventral fins. so if your fish has no ventral thats the one.

there no monster so a good fish to start with.

whats the ventral fin?

 

[jjdsplace]

also whats the best thing to feed these its currently on blood worm as its only small?

 

[danny]

mine love prawns and whitebait,mealworms ,oh and there fav is garden worms(dendrobeana)

 

[stotty]

mine love prawns and whitebait,mealworms ,oh and there fav is garden worms(dendrobeana)

Thats fine
Maggots and casters from the fishing tackle shop are also good.

whats the ventral fin?

Pelvic also known a (ventral) fin ok i know its a shark but its all i had