| Nom Commun | Brown snakehead |
| Langue | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Nom commercial officiel | No |
| Rang | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Pays | Sri Lanka |
| Localité | |
| Réf. | Pethiyagoda, R., 1991 |
| Stade de développement | juveniles and adults |
| Sexe | females and males |
| Racine | non-fish animal |
| 1er modificateur | color pattern(s) |
| 2nd modificateur | |
| Remarques | Applies to Channa gachua. 'snake' like 'serpent' and 'snail' is etymologically the 'crawling' animal, from a prehistoric German base denoting 'crawl' (p. 485 in Ref. 11979). |