Parachanna

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Channoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Anabantaria Ordo: Anabantiformes Subordo: Channoidei

Familia: Channidae
Genus: Parachanna
Species: P. africana – †P. fayumensis – P. insignis – P. obscura

nom

Parachanna Teugels and Daget, 1984

References

• Murray, A.M.; 2012: Relationships and biogeography of the fossil and living African snakehead fishes (Percomorpha, Channidae, Parachanna). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 32: 820–835.
• Teugels, Guy G. & Daget, J.; 1984: Parachanna nom. nov. for the African snake-heads and rehabilitation of Parachanna insignis (Sauvage, 1884) (Pisces, Channidae). Cybium, 8 (4): 1–7.
• Parachanna and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Links

• ITIS
• Parachanna species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.