Channidae

Burmese snakehead

Channa harcourtbutleri

Channid Fish beneath the Indian Ocean

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• East Asia
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Elongated
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Channa harcourtbutleri, the Burmese snakehead, is a species of snakehead endemic to Inle Lake and surroundings in Myanmar. Locally called nga ohn-ma, among aquarists it is considered one of the dwarf snakeheads, but no significant import for aquarists is known. It is one of the smaller species of snakehead and has a standard length of up to 19.4 cm (7.6 in).