People in Indonesia are concerned about how landscape changes in the South Sumatra province are affecting the Musi River Basin and the availability of the popular freshwater snakehead murrel fish.

“They’re sold all year, but there are more buyers during the fasting month,” Plaju resident Nining told Mongabay Indonesia, referring to the mudfish, or snakehead murrel (Channa striata ...

Now, it has declared Murrel fish as the state fish. The murrel (Channa striatus), is a species of snakehead fish. It is popular among asthma patients, as Hyderabad’s Bathina family provides fish ...