Blackfish, is the common name of snakehead. Channa belongs to the family of perch, Channa, is the most widely distributed and productive species of fish in the family of Channa, and is also known as the blackfish, raw fish, fish, snakefish, firehead fish, black snakeheads, and so on.

Blackheads are fierce, benthic, carnivorous fish, and like to live in shallow water with lush vegetation. Blackfish meat flavorful, nutritious, loved by consumers, is a high economic value of the fish; can remove blood stasis and new, nourishing and tonic, muscle tonic blood, promote wound healing, has a high medicinal value. China has a long history of eating snakeheads, which was listed as the best wormfish in the Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica as early as 2,000 years ago.