Channa amphibeus

Channa amphibeus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Channoidei
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Subclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Superordo: Acanthopterygii Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Channoidei

Familia: Channidae
Genus: Channa
Species: Channa amphibeus

Name

Channa amphibeus (McClelland, 1845)

Type locality: Chel River basin (Bhutan Foot Hills).

Neotype: ZSI F11435/1.

References

• McClelland, John 1845: Description of four species of fishes from the rivers at the foot of the Boutan mountains. The Calcutta Journal of Natural History and Miscellany of the Arts and Literature. Vol. 5, No. 18, pp. 274–282.
• Musikasinthorn, Prachya 2000: Channa aurantimaculata, a new channid fish from Assam (Brahmaputra River basin), India, with designation of a neotype for C. amphibeus (McClelland, 1845). Ichthyological Research. Vol. 47 (1): 27–29.
• Very rare endemic fish. Known only from the type locality.
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Vernacular names

English: Borna snakehead