Snakehead - a fish that moves easily overland

Fish snakeheads (photo of a predator can be seen below) has a greenish-brown elongated body with dark spots. Ahead it is practically cylindrical, it is compressed only closer to the tail. The head is somewhat reminiscent of a serpentine, as flattened and covered with large scales as snake shields. Some see in it a great similarity to the head of a gurzy. One of the pictures clearly shows the teeth of a predator. Probably, it will not be easy to get out of such a mouth. In addition, snakeheads - fish with a special structure of the respiratory system. In addition to the gills, she still has nadgrubbing organs, which allow breathing atmospheric air.

What kind of nicknames the snakehead fish does not have: a green snake, a water snake, a toothy one, a dragon, an eel, a frog and so on. This predator inhabits today in the rivers and lakes of the Khabarovsk Territory and Karakalpakstan, as well as in reservoirs that stretch between the Tien Shan and the Caspian. In general, his homeland is considered to be India, also found in the waters of tropical Africa.

Snakehead is a fish that likes to settle in quiet reservoirs, choosing correlated or heavily overgrown seaweed places. It is absolutely not afraid of lack of oxygen, as it periodically rises to the water surface and swallows the air with a special champing. Snakehead fish easily survive even in drained ponds. She tears out the camera in the mud, lubricating it with mucus, and buries in it in anticipation of the next season. Hiding in pits, this predator can wait out frosts, without water it is able to stay for 5 days.

Snakehead is a fish that easily changes its habitat. For this, it creeps from one reservoir to another overland, and overcomes considerable distances. And local residents during such mass migrations catch crawling in the grass predators. Usually, such a resettlement is associated with a lack of food, because the snakehead is a fish that is in its place of residence by the king and god. She eats everything that comes her way. It can be tadpoles, fish, invertebrates, frogs, small rodents and even waterfowl, which are drawn into the water by a predator. Snakeheads are very gluttonous, they have well developed jaws with a lot of strong and sharp teeth. Any living creature caught in such a jaws has practically no chance of salvation.

Sexual maturity of this fish occurs when it reaches a length of 30 cm, and this occurs not earlier than two years of age. It spawns in the first two summer months, when the water temperature rises to 21 ºC. Snakehead builds a nest of all kinds of aquatic plants, and in diameter it reaches at least 1 meter. The females of these fishes are very productive. They are able to make about 5 clutches per season, and in each of them there are from 25 to 35 thousand eggs. Literally in a few days already appear fry, and their parents very carefully protect their offspring.

The snakehead has no natural enemies in its habitat. When he moves to a new territory, no predatory fish can cope with him . That's why snake-fish represents a real threat to the rest of the underwater world. And, for example, in several states of America this predator is prohibited to import, it is not allowed to be kept even in aquariums. In our country, he has not caused much damage yet. We have snakeheads - a wonderful object of hunting. And many anglers with great excitement and pleasure dare this river serpent!