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Parachanna

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Parachanna
P. africana (above),

P. obscura (below)

Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Channidae
Genus: Parachanna
Teugels & Daget, 1984
Type species
Ophiocephalus obscurus
Günther, 1861
Species

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Combined range of the Parachanna species

Parachanna is a genus of snakeheads native to freshwater habitats in tropical Africa. Three recognized extant (living) species are in this genus, but a phylogenetic study from 2017 indicates that a fourth, currently undescribed species also exists.[1]

One fossil species, Parachanna fayumensis Murray, 2006 dated to the Upper Eocene and Lower Oligocene is known from the Jebel Qatrani Formation of the Fayum Depression, Egypt.

Species

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The three recognized extant species in this genus are:[2]

References

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  • "Parachanna". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 June 2006.
  1. ^ Conte-Grand, C., Britz, R., Dahanukar, N., Raghavan, R., Pethi-yagoda, R., Tan, H.H., Hadiaty, R.K., Yaakob, N.S. & Rüber, L. (2017). Barcoding snakeheads (Teleostei, Channidae) re-visited: Discovering greater species diversity and resolving perpetuated taxonomic confusions. PLoS ONE, 12 (9): e0184017.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Parachanna". FishBase. February 2013 version.