Snakehead fish (Channa micropeltes)

Wanted Dead or Alive

By: Nick Proios, Asil Kahn and Jonathan Moustakas

 The Northern Snakehead Channa Argus

SUSPECT DESCRIPTION
LONG DORSAL FIN SUSPECT IS BELIEVED TO BE AROUND 3.3 FEET MAY BE 20 KILOGRAMS OR MORE SIGHTED AS BLUISH BLACK AND/OR WHITE ON UPPER BODY

ORIGINS
SOUTH EAST ASIA (Vietnam, Indonesia, Laos, Thailand, etc) SOUTH WEST INDIA ROUGHLY 2,500KM APART

Suspected Hideouts
They are said to be hiding in areas North America, such as Vancouver, Los Angeles, Chicago and Mississippi

Crimes Committed

They are said to prey on Native Species in their area!

REWARDS: The Snakehead fish can become an invasive species and cause ecological damage because they are top-level predators, meaning they have no natural enemies outside of their native environment. Each spawning-age female can release up to 15,000 eggs at once. Snakeheads can mate as often as five times a year. This means in just two years, a single female can release up to 150,000 eggs If the Snakehead fish were to be removed from the world the population of the prey would rapidly increase. The snakehead fish in some cases is able to transport the diseases found in rats after they eat them. These diseases can spread into the snakeheads natural environment and untimely wipe out the population of that ecosystem.

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