Black snakehead
Black snakehead | |
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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 |
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
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Channa melasoma" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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