snakehead id please??

[justarn]

hey all bought this little guy today, he's about 5inches and got some great blues and black definition, was bought as a stewartii? is he a straight stewartii/variant, or other maybe striata? thanks in advance, i'll try to get some better pics...

 

[volcanotimes]

it seems like parachanna africana or channa maculata

 

[justarn]

just spoke to a local fish keeping guy i know he also has some from the same store, seems he's had his i.d'd buy a pro on facebook and they are very nice examples of Channa Punctata aka the spotted snakehead, im very happy as after trawling pics of both these and stewartii i personally think i prefer them.

 

[bottles]

Yes, this is Channa Punctata.

 

[Miguel]

Great pick up Just

 

[justarn]

cheers miguel, been really missing my giant snakehead since i had to sell him, this little guy is a much more sensible option... just need to find a dwarf aro now lol!-)

 

[justarn]

oh sold the baby rtc aswell, almost a responsible fish keeper now haha!

 

[justarn]

as he's pretty camera shy heres a video of one that looks pretty close to exactly the same... very happy fish keeper here![video=youtube;hdIE1FYLl8E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdIE1FYLl8E&feature=player_detailpage[/video]

 

[justarn]

heres some slightly better pics!-) shows the blue i was on about, maybe a varient?

 

[justarn]

tryed to eat hikari gold already lol, hopefully he'll be nice and confident... anyone got some pics of large 12 inchers?