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Updates on the Northern Snakehead Fish in Maryland ... The plant life will recover quickly, and steps will be taken to restore native fish life after we are confident that snakehead fish have been eradicated. Secretary Fox accepted the panel's recommendation and we expect to initiate implementation very soon.
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Photo of a juvenile northern snakehead. ... Channa micropeltes (pictured in the two photo's below) is commonly known as the red or redline snakehead at the juvenile stage of life and is called a giant snakehead as an adult.
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Snakehead (fish) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Recent reports from Maryland and Virginia on the presence of snakehead fish in their waters are cause for concern for West Virginia. Snakeheads have not been collected by our fisheries staff, or reported caught by anglers in West Virginia waters, but they have been found in a pet shop and in a home aquarium.
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Snakehead fish are large, freshwater predators from the Channidae family that are native to Africa, Malaysia, Indonesia and various locations throughout Asia. These fish are plentiful in their native waters as there are some 28 varieties of snakehead fish.
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