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Channa sp. Maybe striata?
About 14" long. Flat-ish head. Long dorsal fin running almost to the tail.
My brother in law found it in the flooded rice field.
At first my bro-in-law said "lungfish", and I took his word for it (not having seen either a lungfish or a snakehead before...). But now I see the pectoral fins on a lungfish are typically long and slender. This does not have that. The local name for this is "mudfish" . Good eating, I've heard.
Spotted on Dec 3, 2013
Submitted on Apr 28, 2014
2 Comments
I think you are right, and my brother-in-law was mistaken by calling it "lungfish". I shall change it to Channa. Thankyou!
Looks more like a snakehead (Channa sp.)