Snakehead Fish Information

Snakeheads are an invasive species that have been spread to many areas where they are not native. The truth about them is bad enough but the hype is often over the top. The pages below will give you more information about the snake head fish.

• Snakehead Movies
  Three snakehead fish movies are good for laughs

• Snakehead Fish
  Snakehead fish are not native to the US but are being found in some states. What problems can they cause and what can you do?

• Scientists Challenge Snakehead Myths
  BOCA RATON—Recent press accounts of the Asian snakehead fish ‘invading’ New York City continue to perpetuate the distorted doomsday image earlier media hyped.

• Great Snakehead Fish
  Fact sheet on the Great Snakehead fish. Great Snakehead Fish are a food and aquarium fish that is native to Southeast Asia but have been transplanted to many other areas.

• 2004 Snakehead Roundup Scheduled For July 30 On The Potomac
  In 2004 a snakehead roundup was held in Maryland to try to help control this fish. Here is information on what they tried to do.The northern snakehead, an invasive species native to China and Korea, first appeared in Maryland in 2002 in a Crofton, Maryland pond.