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A specimen of Indonesian snakehead, Channa micropeltes (Cuvier, 1831), 76.5 cm long (TL) and weighing 5.8 kg, was caught on 22 November 2012 in a small pool fed by a subthermal spring at Le Caldane (Colle di Val d’Elsa, Siena, Tuscany, Italy). This catch constitutes the first record of C. micropeltes in Europe.