STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) — When northern snakeheads (Channa Argus) were first discovered in Virginia in 2004, there were fears the invasive predator would disrupt the ecosystem and present ...

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 confirmed snakehead ...

Northern snakehead are an exotic invasive fish captured in a feisty hook and line battle. Avid Virginia angler Dan Josselyn holds up a fish he and a friend caught one day before showing outdoors ...

The northern snakehead, an invasive species of fish native to Asia, has successfully broken out of the Potomac River system and established itself in the Rappahannock River, according to state ...

It was immediately labeled a dangerous, invasive predator 20 years ago, but at least one angler thinks the Northern Snakehead fish is getting a bad rap.

STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) — When northern snakeheads (Channa Argus) were first discovered in Virginia in 2004, there were fears the invasive predator would disrupt the ecosystem and present… ...

Find out if snakehead fish are dangerous, where they come from, and what you need to know about the invasive predator taking over U.S. waterways.

Northern snakehead sightings have been reported in Georgia, Missouri, California, Hawaii, Maryland and Virginia. Pictured at right is a snakehead fish swimming in Missouri waters.

Northern snakeheads, aka Frankenfish, are vicious predators and an invasive species in the US that have been spreading for over two decades.