Black snakehead

Black snakehead
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Anabantiformes
Family:Channidae
Genus:Channa
Species: C. melasoma
Binomial name
Channa melasoma
(Bleeker, 1851)
Synonyms

Ophicephalus melasoma Bleeker, 1851
Ophicephalus mystax Bleeker, 1853
Ophicephalus rhodotaenia Bleeker, 1851
Ophiocephalus melasoma Bleeker, 1851

The black snakehead (Channa melasoma) is a species of snakehead native to Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore. This commercially important species reaches a length of 30 cm (12 in).[1]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Channa melasoma" in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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