{"id":6346,"date":"2026-02-17T06:41:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T06:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/product\/green-emerald-snakehead-channa-royi-10cm\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T06:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T06:41:06","slug":"green-emerald-snakehead-channa-royi-10cm","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/?product=green-emerald-snakehead-channa-royi-10cm","title":{"rendered":"Green Emerald Snakehead Channa Royi 10cm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Green Emerald Snakehead Channa Royi<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Care Level: Moderate<\/li>\n<li>Tank Size: 88 Gal (400 Ltr) min<\/li>\n<li>Temperament: Aggressive<\/li>\n<li>PH: 6 &#8211; 8<\/li>\n<li>Temperature: 22-28\u00b0C (72-82\u00b0F)<\/li>\n<li>Flow: Moderate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What We Like About This Fish:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beautiful Markings<\/li>\n<li>Stunning Colouration<\/li>\n<li>Impressive, but manageable size<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>A new species\u00a0<\/b>of snakehead fish<b>\u00a0<i>Channa royi <\/i>sp.<\/b> It is distinguished from all its congeners by a greenish-grey dorsal, pale brown to black pectoral fin, dark olive to grey oblique streaks on green background on the upper half of the body,<\/p>\n<p><i>Channa Royi <\/i>sp. is currently known only from South, Middle and North Andaman Islands, India and is abundant in ditches, ponds and hill streams of the sampled locations. The holotype was collected from clear, slow flowing water with cobble substrate without much aquatic vegetation<\/p>\n<p>They get their name mainly from the fact that their heads have a snake-like appearance, but it may also have something to do with their sharp teeth. They are one of the few social species of the Channidae family and as juveniles they will swim together in schools as well as hunt together when mature.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Snakeheads have an accessory respiratory organ, which allows them to breathe outside of the water for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>Snakeheads will need a strong, tight-fitting lid on their aquarium as they will sometimes jump or get carried away while hunting live fish.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Species specific aquariums are recommended as they are highly predatory and aggressive; although they can coexist with a few of the largest cichlids (Gars are usually a safe bet), large catfish, and various large Plecos. Tank mates should be chosen carefully and should comparable in size as adults.<\/p>\n<p>Snakeheads are ferocious, predatory carnivores and mainly eat massive amounts of live fish, but also eat frogs, insects and crayfish in the wild. In the aquarium they should be fed a constant supply of live fish, but they will also accept live earth worms, frogs, crickets, and dry foods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green Emerald Snakehead Channa Royi Care Level: Moderate Tank Size: 88 Gal (400 Ltr) min Temperament: Aggressive PH: 6 &#8211; 8 Temperature: 22-28\u00b0C (72-82\u00b0F) Flow: Moderate What We Like About This Fish: Beautiful Markings Stunning Colouration Impressive, but manageable size A new species\u00a0of snakehead fish\u00a0Channa royi sp. It is distinguished from all its congeners by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6345,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[41],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6346","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-snakehead","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"taxable","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"group_of_quantity":0,"min_quantity":0,"max_quantity":"","exclude_order_quantity_value_rules":"no","exclude_category_quantity_rules":"no","combine_variations":"no","exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/6346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=6346"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=6346"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=6346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}