Parachanna africana

African snakehead
Parachanna africana, after Boulenger, 1916
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Anabantiformes
Family:Channidae
Genus:Parachanna
Species: P. africana
Binomial name
Parachanna africana
(Steindachner, 1879)
Distribution of Parachanna africana.[1]
Synonyms
  • Channa africanus (Steindachner, 1879)
  • Parophiocephalus africanus (Steindachner, 1879)

Parachanna africana (African snakehead or Niger snakehead) is a species of fish from west-central Africa. Little is published on its biology. Limited primarily to coastal sections of rivers, it is thought to be a nest-building, thrust predator like other Channidae.[1]

Its native range is southern Benin to southern Nigeria, primarily the Oueme River and the basin of the Niger River.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Courtenay, Jr., Walter R. and James D. Williams. Parachanna africana Archived 7 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine. USGS Circular 1251: Snakeheads (Pisces, Chinnidae) - A Biological Synopsis and Risk Assessment. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey. 2004-04-01. Retrieved 2007-07-15.

References

  • "Parachanna africana". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 16 July 2007.
  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Parachanna africana" in FishBase. January 2006 version.


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