Parachanna
| Parachanna | |
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| P. africana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anabantiformes |
| Family: | Channidae |
| Genus: | Parachanna Teugels & Daget, 1984 |
| Type species | |
| Ophiocephalus obscurus Günther, 1861
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Parachanna is a genus of snakeheads native to tropical Africa. One fossil species, Parachanna fayumensis,Murray, 2006 dated to the Upper Eocene and Lower Oligocene is known from the Jebel Qatrani Formation of the Fayum Depression, Egypt.
Species
The three recognized extant species in this genus are:[1]
- Parachanna africana (Steindachner, 1879) (African snakehead)
- Parachanna insignis (Sauvage, 1884) (brown snakehead)
- Parachanna obscura (Günther, 1861) (obscure snakehead)
References
- "Parachanna". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 June 2006.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Parachanna". FishBase. February 2013 version.
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