Channa striata

Channa striata
	Channa striata, after Bleeker, 1879
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anabantiformes
Family:	Channidae
Genus:	Channa
Species:	C. striata
Binomial name
	Channa striata; (Bloch, 1793)
	Distribution of Channa striata. Madagascar reports are misidentifications of C. maculata
Synonyms
	Ophicephalus striatus Bloch, 1793; Channa stiata (Bloch, 1793); Ophiocephalus wrahl Lacépède, 1801; Ophiocephalus chena Hamilton, 1822; Ophicephalus planiceps Cuvier, 1831; Ophiocephalus vagus Peters, 1868; Ophiocephalus philippinus Peters, 1868;

Channa striata, the striped snakehead, is a species of snakehead fish. It is also known as the common snakehead, chevron snakehead, or snakehead murrel and generally referred simply as mudfish. It is native to South and Southeast Asia, and has been introduced to some Pacific Islands. Reports from Madagascar and Hawaii are misidentifications of C. maculata.

A genetic study published in 2017 indicates that C. striata is a species complex.

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