Parachanna obscura (Günther, 1861)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- order
- Perciformes
- family
- Channidae
- genus
- Parachanna
- species
- Parachanna obscura
Name
- Synonyms
- Channa obscurus (Günther, 1861)
- Ophicephalus obscurus (Günther, 1861)
- Ophiocephalus obscurus Günther, 1861
- Paraphiocephalus obscurus (Günther, 1861)
- Parophiocephalus obscurus (Günther, 1861)
- Homonyms
- Parachanna obscura (Günther, 1861)
- Common names
- Abioth in language.
- African obscure snakehead in English
- African obscure snakehead in English
- African snakehead in English
- African snakehead in English
- Boudha in Wolof
- Dunkelbäuchiger Schlangenkopf in German
- Fakka in Arabic
- Hauti in Irish
- Jul in language.
- Lotte in French
- Marmorikäärmeenpää in Finnish
- Mushat in Arabic
- Môromôro in Kanuri
- Norti in Ewe
- Ntoumounsog in language.
- Obscure Snakehead in English
- Snake-head in English
- Snakehead in English
- Tuhi in Hausa
- hadohlavec tmavý in Czech
- Тёмный змееголов in Russian
- Snake-head in English
- Abioth in language.
- Boudha in Wolof
- Dunkelbäuchiger Schlangenkopf in German
- Fakka in Arabic
- Hauti in Irish
- Lotte in French
- Marmorikäärmeenpää in Finnish
- Mushat in Arabic
- Môromôro in Kanuri
- Norti in Ewe
- Ntoumounsog in language.
- Snakehead in English
- Tuhi in Hausa
- Woroko in language.
Bibliographic References
- 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.
- Courtenay, Walter R., Jr., and James D. Williams, 2004: Snakeheads (Pisces, Channidae): a biological synopsis and risk assesment. Circular 1251. v + 143.
- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
- 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
- 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.