Two species are cultured, the snakehead
murrel,Channa striata, and the giant snakehead, Channa micropeltes.
While culture of these is growing in Vietnam, it is prohibited in
Cambodia (except for some experimental work) due to its dependence
on smallfish in the diet. Catfish culture has available commercial pellet
diets, so getting farmers to switch from smallfish to pellets is a socioeconomic issue, since small-scale catfish farmers often rely on traditional