Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 44(2): 153-155, doi: 10.3750/AIP2014.44.2.09
The first European record of the Indonesian snakehead, Channa micropeltes (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Channidae)
expand article infoS. Piazzini, I. Segos, L. Favilli, G. Manganelli

Corresponding author: S. Piazzini

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Citation: Piazzini S, Segos I, Favilli L, Manganelli G (2014) The first European record of the Indonesian snakehead, Channa micropeltes (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Channidae). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 44(2): 153-155. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIP2014.44.2.09
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Abstract
A specimen of Indonesian snakehead, Channa micropeltes (Cuvier, 1831), 76.5 cm long (TL) and weighing 5.8 kg, was caught on 22 November 2012 in a small pool fed by a subthermal spring at Le Caldane (Colle di Val d’Elsa, Siena, Tuscany, Italy). This catch constitutes the first record of C. micropeltes in Europe.
Keywords
Tuscany, Italy, alien species