and possibly established in Florida. In about of river, the population has surpassed 21,000 individuals. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, snakeheads have also been spotted in California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Rhode Island. Snakeheads have also been spotted in New York State according to the state's Department of Environmental Conservation. Snakeheads have been caught in New Jersey since at least 2008 and according to the New Jersey Department of environmental protection the snakehead population appears to be growing and expanding its distribution. Due to the extensive and habitat and sheer size of the Delaware River complete eradication of the species does not appear to be feasible. World record According to the International Game Fish Association, Caleb Newton, a Spotsylvania County, Virginia, resident, caught a world-record northern snakehead at the junction of Aquia Creek and the Potomac River, United States, on June 1, 2013. The previous record,, had been caught in 2004, in Miki, Kagawa, Japan. As food Snakeheads are valuable food fish. Called nga yant in Burmese and in Manipur [Meiteilon] as porom, they are prized fish eaten in a variety of ways. In Vietnam, they are called cá lóc, cá quả, or cá chuối, and are prized in clay-pot, steamed, and pickled preparations. Larger species, such as C. striata, C. maculata, and Parachanna obscura, are farmed in aquaculture. In the United States, chefs have suggested controlling the snakehead invasion by serving them in restaurants. In Indonesia, snakehead fish, called ikan gabus, are served as the main parts of traditional dishes such as the Betawi people's pucung gabus, and considered to be a delicacy due to their rarity in the wild and in aquaculture, as they are harder to raise than other popular freshwater fish such as catfish and carp. Classification The snakeheads comprise three extant genera: Channa Scopoli, 1777 (49 species native to Asia) Parachanna Teugels & Daget 1984 (three extant species, one fossil species, all native to Africa) Two other genera are only known from fossils: †Anchichanna Murray & Thewissen, 2008 (one species) †Eochanna Roe, 1991 (one species) The genus Aenigmachanna was initially classified in Channidae upon its discovery, but analysis supports it being reclassified into its own family Aenigmachannidae. In popular culture After its release in non-native North American waters, either accidentally or intentionally, the aggressive and predator-free snakehead's reputation as a "Frankenfish" or "monster fish" has become part