Author: (Lacepède, 1801)
FBname: Blotched snakehead
Comments: Adults inhabit silty and weedy bottoms of rivers and ponds or lakes (Ref. 9671).  Feed on crustaceans, large insects, frogs and fishes (Ref. 5258).  Oviparous (Ref. 205). Recorded as having been or being farmed in rice fields (Ref. 119549).