what channa?

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blue_pill85

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my buddy brought me a pic of a fish he caught round here looks to me like a snakehead it was a crappy photo but it had a marbled body and a real bright red spot on its tail. I wish I had a digi cam! any ideas? not 100% it was a snakehead but it sure as hell was no bowfin! AWESOME lookin fish.
 
could be a bowfin? see if tou can get a copy of the pic.


pic of boefin


the 2nd from last pic is of Channa bleheri they have red spots on the tail but only get to 20cm


the top pic is a Northern Snakehead (Channa argus) the one that is causing the problems in the USA

bowfin.jpg

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bleheriJennafur01.jpg

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Yea most likely a bowfin... if it looks like a snakehead and has a big dot on the tail... the only one i can think of that looks like that is a bowfin...
 
Bowfin have a top dorsal fin only snakehead have top n bottom long fins. Problem solved throw the bowfin back in the water they are native fish.

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