Snakehead cichlid

[asian arowana]

I went to my LFS and saw a snakehead cichlid. Does anybody know what this is?

 

[tlindsey]

I went to my LFS and saw a snakehead cichlid. Does anybody know what this is?

I think it is a made up name. Googled that name and only snakehead images.

 

[asian arowana]

yea i did the same

 

[krichardson]

....first time hearing of that one,when ya get a chance can you swing back by that store and snap a few pics of the fish?

 

[Kayden]

Only fish I have heard called that are venustus

 

[DJRansome]

The snakeheads are not cichlids, they are from the genus Channa or Parachanna (this one is a.k.a. the African snakehead). Ask the LFS for the scientific name.