Links

US Department of Agriculture National Invasive Species Information Center

Contains links to information on northern snakehead

US Geological Survey Non-indigenous Aquatic Species database

Northern snakehead fact sheet

Fishbase

Northern snakehead information page

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

Northern snakehead information page

US Fish and Wildlife Services

Snakehead fact sheet

US Fish and Wildlife Services

Recognizing northern snakehead

Articles

Erin Donaghue. June 11, 2008. Snakeheads may be headed upstream. Gazette.Net (Maryland Community Newspapers Online). link

Marny Malin. September 20, 2007. Tracking the snakehead. The Belvoir Eagle. A12.

Candus Thompson. May 14, 2007. Maryland Journal: ‘Frankenfish’ saga grabbed the headlines and the public gobbled it hook, line and sinker; years later, snakeheads thrive. The Baltimore Sun. 1B.

David A. Farenhold. October 2, 2006. Snakeheads appear at home in the Potomac. The Washington Post. B01. link

Videos

National Geographic Wild

Fishzilla: Snakehead Invasion

References

Courtenay, W. R. Jr., and J. D. Williams. 2004. Snakeheads (Pisces, Channidae) - A biological synopsis and risk assessment. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1251. (link)

Herborg L. M., N. E. Mandrak, B. C. Cudmore, and H. J. MacIsaac. 2007. Comparative distribution and invasion risk of snakehead (Channidae) and Asian carp (Cyprinidae) species in North America. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 64:1723-1735.

Lapointe, N.W.R. and P.L. Angermeier. 2009. Movement, habitat use, nesting, and feeding of northern snakehead (Channa argus) in the Potomac River catchment. Project report to United States Geological Survey, Reston, VA. 7 pp.

Odenkirk, J. and S. Owens. 2005. Northern snakeheads in the tidal Potomac River system. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 134:1605-1609.

Odenkirk, J. and S. Owens. 2007. Expansion of a Northern Snakehead Population in the Potomac River System. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136: 1633-1639.

Owens, S. J., J. S. Odenkirk, and R. Greenlee. In Press. Northern snakehead movement and distribution in the tidal Potomac River system. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

Orrell, T. M., and L. Weigt. 2005. The northern snakehead Channa argus (Anabantomorpha : Channidae), a non-indigenous fish species in the Potomac River, USA. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118:407-415.