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Parachanna insignis (Sauvage, 1884)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Channidae
genus
Parachanna
species
Parachanna insignis

Name

Synonyms
Channa insignis (Sauvage, 1884)
Ophiocephalus insignis Sauvage, 1884
Parophiocephalus insignis (Sauvage, 1884)
Homonyms
Parachanna insignis (Sauvage, 1884)
Common names
Brown Snakehead in English
Congo snakehead in English
Congo snakehead in English
Gezeichneter Schlangenkopf in German
Kongonkäärmeenpää in language.
Gezeichneter Schlangenkopf in German
Kongonkäärmeenpää in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Bonou, Clément A., and Guy G. Teugels, 1985: Révision systématique du genre Parachanna Teugels et Daget 1984 (Pisces: Channidae). Revue d'Hydrobiologie Tropicale, vol. 18, no. 4. 267-280.
  2. Courtenay, Walter R., Jr., and James D. Williams, 2004: Snakeheads (Pisces, Channidae): a biological synopsis and risk assesment. Circular 1251. v + 143.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  5. Teugels, Guy G., and Jacques Daget, 1984: Parachanna nom. nov. for the African snake-heads and rehabilitation of Parachanna insignis (Sauvage, 1884) (Pisces, Channidae). Cybium, vol. 8, no. 4. 1-7.
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