Judging by the size and species, its not something you're likely to run
across in a pet shop. Most shops don't carry that particular species, so
a hobbyist grow-out is fortunately ruled out.
For once, the aquarium hobby doesn't seem to be to blame.
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On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, Christopher Scharpf wrote:
> Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 15:29:24 -0400
> From: Christopher Scharpf <ichthos_at_charm.net>
> Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Subject: NANFA-- Snakeheads & Bowfins
>
> > I heard a story on NPR this week that someone caught a Northern
> > Snakehead while fishing in Maryland. He didn't know what it was, so he
> > threw it back. Now the DNR scrambling like crazy to try and catch this
> > thing.
>
> 'Tis true, in a pond in Crofton, MD. It's made headlines and the TV news
> here in Baltimore. It's either a hobbyist release, or was dumped there when
> a nearby pet shop went out of business.
>
> >Is this the same thing as Amia? I've always called them bowfin.
>
> Nope. A real snakehead, genus Channa. From China.
>
> > I remember once upon a time though that the biological supply catalogs
> > called them "freshwater dogfish" for some reason.
>
> Bowfin have a bunch of colorful local names, dogfish being one of them.
>
> Chris Scharpf
> Baltimore
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