30, 2019 3:28 p.m. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission confirmed Monday that an invasive species, the northern snakehead fish, was recently caught in the Monongahela River. It is the first ...

These fish have long dorsal fins that extend down most of their backs, giving them a streamlined shape perfect for fast swimming. The snakehead has an elongated, cylindrical body that can grow up ...

However, snakeheads can also use their gills to respire underwater, which they often do in the winter months. In summer, and in warmer conditions—which necessitates more oxygen—the fish solely ...

Throughout their range on the East Coast, snakehead fishing tournaments are well attended, more lure companies are making snake-specific baits, and more people are figuring out that “dragons” make for ...

John McClelland, a British medical doctor working for the East India Company, received his fish from the employee and described it in 1845, identifying it as a species of snakehead, and naming it ...