Channa striata | 水產百科網

ChannastriataisnativetoeastandsoutheastAsia.ItisfoundfromtheIndusdrainageinPakistaneastthroughIndia,SriLanka,southernNepal,possibly ...

Channa striata is native to east and southeast Asia. It is found from the Indus drainage in Pakistan east through India, Sri Lanka, southern Nepal, possibly Bhutan, Bangladesh, southern China, and all the nations of southeast Asia. It is also native to the major western islands of the Malay Archipelago, including Sumatra, Borneo, and Java. The species has been introduced to the eastern islands of Indonesia, including the Philippines, and to New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Fiji. It is also reported to have been introduced to South Korea and southeastern Russia. There are or were introduced populations on Oahu in Hawaii and on Madagascar, but according to the USGS report of 2004, the identification of these populations has been questioned, they may be or have been populations of Channa maculata, not Channa striata. ("...