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Predator Fish

Native Indonesia. Research-led profiles for snakeheads and other freshwater carnivores.

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01 / RESEARCH SCOPENATIVE TO INDONESIA · NOT YET AVAILABLE

Predatory character.
Responsible limits.

This working catalogue covers carnivorous freshwater fishes with documented native occurrence in Indonesia. Native does not mean endemic: several species also occur in neighbouring countries.

The list includes strict fish predators, broader aquatic carnivores, and invertebrate-focused hunters. Those feeding guilds are shown separately so “predator fish” is not treated as one biological category.

02 / CONSOLIDATED CATALOGUE

One Indonesian predator-fish collection.

Explore snakeheads, featherbacks, arowana, catfish and other native carnivores. Compare their origins, feeding ecology and adult scale before considering aquarium suitability.

35 records

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Evidence-bounded working register.

35 taxa are included. REVIEW means the website has not yet verified a current global assessment; it never means low risk or trade permission.

Snakeheads — Channidae

10 taxa
  • Channa bankanensisNT
  • Channa cyanospilosDD
  • Channa limbataREVIEW
  • Channa luciusLC
  • Channa marulioidesLC
  • Channa melasomaLC
  • Channa melanopteraDD
  • Channa micropeltesLC
  • Channa pleurophthalmaNT
  • Channa striataLC

Papuan predators and large carnivores

4 taxa
  • Oxyeleotris heterodonREVIEW
  • Scleropages jardiniiLC
  • Datnioides campbelliLC
  • Hephaestus obtusifronsVU

Other native carnivores

21 taxa

This is a curated ornamental-relevance register, not a claim to enumerate every carnivorous freshwater fish in the Indonesian archipelago.

04 / RESEARCH RECORD

Sources and boundaries.

Names, native occurrence, trophic notes and conservation claims are separated because each requires different evidence.

  1. Conte-Grand, C. et al. (2017). Barcoding snakeheads revisited. PLOS ONE 12(9): e0184017.
  2. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes. Accepted names and original-locality records.
  3. Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds). FishBase. Species distribution, ecology, maximum-size and Red List summaries; each dossier links its record.
  4. Wibowo, A. et al. (2023). Rediscovery of the giant featherback Chitala lopis. Endangered Species Research 51: 1–14.
  5. CITES Appendices. Current international trade controls; always recheck before a transaction.
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Care before collection.

Explore identity, origin and care context on each species profile. Confirmed stock and ordering will follow when the programme is ready.

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