Is this channa argus?

[ironmunki]

I can't tell from this pic but maybe one of you guys can.
http://www.fishbase.org/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Charg_u9.jpg

 

[phen_dox]

not sure. but it seem like argus to me.

 

[PhullTank57]

i beleive so, channa argus. looks just like the big ones they catch in those jap SH dvds.

 

[benzjamin13]

Wow! Didn't realized they get that big Which gets bigger then...C. Argus or C. Mircopeltes?

 

[Freakdaddy]

Hi,

"C.Micropeltes - Size: To 1 m and weight of over 20 kg (Roberts, 1989; Lee and Ng, 1991; Talwar and Jhingran, 1992). Peter Ng (personal commun., 2003) noted that this snakehead is known to reach a length of 1.5 m."


"C.Argus - Size: To 85 cm (Okada, 1960), although Nina Bogutskaya (personal commun., 2002) reported seeing captured specimens in Russia approaching 1.5 m total length."

Argus is the bulkier of the 2 though.

 

[Monster VooDoo Fish]

Some argus are dark some have a pattern.

I almost caught one a few weeks back it was over 2' in a pit under a rooted
tree. Last year I hooked a giant argus around 3', hook didn't set. I've heard
of a 4 footer with head like a basketball.

I think they grow bigger here in the south, then the cold waters.

 

[intrxz]

it's a channa argus

 

[ironmunki]

thanks everyone for the positive ID. as some of ya'll might of heard, 150 argus were found in MD in a puddle last week. people are freaking out.

 

[tydus]

Hi,

"C.Micropeltes - Size: To 1 m and weight of over 20 kg (Roberts, 1989; Lee and Ng, 1991; Talwar and Jhingran, 1992). Peter Ng (personal commun., 2003) noted that this snakehead is known to reach a length of 1.5 m."


"C.Argus - Size: To 85 cm (Okada, 1960), although Nina Bogutskaya (personal commun., 2002) reported seeing captured specimens in Russia approaching 1.5 m total length."

Argus is the bulkier of the 2 though.

Wow, I've always thought the micropeltes were bigger.

thanks everyone for the positive ID. as some of ya'll might of heard, 150 argus were found in MD in a puddle last week. people are freaking out.

That's crazy..... Any leads how they got there?

 

[benzjamin13]

Sorry...brain fart...which state is MD?