Family: Channidae
Indonesian Name: Toman
Scientific Name / latino: Channa micropeltes (Cuvier, 1841)
English name: Giant snakehead
Description:
- There are orange lines starting from the snout to the caudal part of the upper and lower bounded by black lines and then cut into the spots that is not uniform (these spots disappeared in the mature specimen)
- An economically important fish, the small size as an ornamental fish / aquarium
spreading area: rivers and swamps in Sumatra and Kalimantan,
Source: Directorate General of Capture Fisheries, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, 2005
