Identity and native record
Channa pleurophthalma (Ocellated snakehead) is included because authoritative species records document native occurrence in Sumatra and Kalimantan. “Native to Indonesia” does not imply endemicity, captive availability, legal export, or permission to import.
Accepted species with Indonesian type locality; status and origin records must follow the exact stock.
Ecology and adult scale
- Feeding guild
- Piscivore
- Reported adult scale
- up to about 40 cm SL
- Habitat
- Rivers, floodplains and blackwater-influenced systems
Feeding guild is an editorial husbandry aid, not a complete diet prescription. Juvenile and adult diets, seasonal ecology and individual behaviour can differ.
Welfare and suitability screen
Large covered aquarium and careful social assessment; never assume community compatibility.
Before any future listing, LIMNIC would need to document the individual fish, expected adult dimensions, secure containment, water parameters, diet, compatibility, transport risk and the buyer’s capacity to provide lifetime care.
