Small snakehead

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Small snakehead
Channa asiatica.jpg

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Channidae
Genus: Channa
Species:
C. asiatica
Binomial name
Channa asiatica
Synonyms[2]
  • Gymnotus asiaticus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Channa ocellata Peters, 1864
  • Channa sinensis Sauvage, 1880
  • Channa formosana Jordan & , 1902

The small snakehead (Channa asiatica) is a species of snakehead. It is one of four species of the genus Channa native to China. It also can be found in Taiwan and southern Japan, to which it migrated (or was introduced). It is a medium-sized snakehead which is a nestbuilder (as opposed to the Indian mouthbrooder dwarf snakeheads).

References[]

  1. ^ Zhuang, X. (2012). "Channa asiatica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T166021A1106176. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166021A1106176.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Channa asiatica" in FishBase. August 2019 version.

External links[]

  • snakeheads.org the comprehensive website for all aspects of snakeheads


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