Presence of numerous black spot on the bright-orange body surface of the fish makes it different from other five snakehead species in Bangladesh although the external characters are same. The external characters of the fish mostly found to be similar
Channa punctatus
Synonyms: Ophicephalus punctatus Bloch, 1794, Nat. Ausland.Fische. 7, p.388. Ophiocephalus punctatus Day, 1878, Fishes of India. p.367. Ophicephalus punctatus Shaw and Shebbeare, 1937, Fishes of Northern Bangal. p.123. Ophicephalus punctatus Bhuiyan, 1964, Fishes of Dacca. p.95. Common name: Spotted snakehead
Channa striatus
. Synonyms: Ophicephalus striatus Bloch, 1794, Nat. Ausland.Fische. 7, p. 141. Ophicephalus striatus Day, 1878, Fishes of India. p.366. Common name: Striped or Banded snakehead Local name: shol Taxonomy position: Phylum- Chordata Class-Oesteichthyes Order-Channiformes Family- Channidae Genus- Channa Scopoli Fin