Channa argus

  • Scientific name

    • Channa argus

  • Common name

    • Northern snakehead

  • Family

    • Channidae

  • External links

    • Fishbase
Trait completeness 16%
Total data14
References4
Image of Channa argus

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Traits detail

Egg (86.0%)

Trait id Trait Primary data Secondary Data References
2 Egg size after water-hardening 1.80-1.85 1.83 mm Courtenay and Williams, 2004
2 Egg size after water-hardening 2.00 2.0 mm USFish and WidlifeService, 2017
3 Egg Buoyancy Pelagic Pelagic Landis and Lapointe, 2010
3 Egg Buoyancy Pelagic Pelagic Courtenay and Williams, 2004
4 Egg adhesiveness Non-adhesive Non-Adhesive USFish and WidlifeService, 2017
5 Incubation time 2 2.0 days Courtenay and Williams, 2004
7 Degree-days for incubation 31; 1.67 51.77 °C * day Courtenay and Williams, 2004
7 Degree-days for incubation 25; 1.875 46.88 °C * day Courtenay and Williams, 2004
7 Degree-days for incubation 18; 5 90.0 °C * day Courtenay and Williams, 2004
6 Temperature for incubation 23-25 24.0 °C Courtenay and Williams, 2004
6 Temperature for incubation 29.4 29.4 °C Landis and Lapointe, 2010

Larvae (29.0%)

Trait id Trait Primary Data Secondary Data References
8 Initial larval size 3.4 3.4 mm Landis et al, 2011
8 Initial larval size 4.5 4.5 mm Courtenay and Williams, 2004
13 Full yolk-sac resorption 14 days 14.0 °C * day Courtenay and Williams, 2004