Channa striata

| taxon = Channa striata | authority = (Bloch, 1793) | range_map = Channa striata distribution.gif | range_map_caption = Distribution of ''Channa striata''. Madagascar reports are misidentifications of ''C. maculata'' |synonyms= *''Ophicephalus striatus'' Bloch, 1793 *''Channa stiata'' (Bloch, 1793) *''Ophiocephalus wrahl'' Lacépède, 1801 *''Ophiocephalus chena'' Hamilton, 1822 *''Ophicephalus planiceps'' Cuvier, 1831 *''Ophiocephalus vagus'' Peters, 1868 *''Ophiocephalus philippinus'' Peters, 1868 |synonyms_ref= }}

''Channa striata'', the striped snakehead, is a species of snakehead fish. It is also known as the common snakehead, chevron snakehead, or snakehead murrel and generally referred simply as mudfish. It is native to South and Southeast Asia, and has been introduced to some Pacific Islands. Reports from Madagascar and Hawaii are misidentifications of ''C. maculata''.

A genetic study published in 2017 indicates that ''C. striata'' is a species complex. Provided by Wikipedia