Biology:Small snakehead

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Small snakehead
Channa asiatica red.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Channidae
Genus: Channa
Species:
C. asiatica
Binomial name
Channa asiatica
Synonyms[2]
  • Gymnotus asiaticus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Channa ocellata Peters, 1864
  • Channa sinensis Sauvage, 1880
  • Channa formosana Jordan & Evermann, 1902

The small snakehead (Channa asiatica) is a species of snakehead. It is one of four species of the genus Channa native to China . It also can be found in Taiwan and southern Japan , to which it migrated (or was introduced). It is a medium-sized snakehead which is a nestbuilder (as opposed to the Indian mouthbrooder dwarf snakeheads).

References

  1. Zhuang, X. (2012). "Channa asiatica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T166021A1106176. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166021A1106176.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/166021/1106176. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Channa asiatica" in FishBase. August 2019 version.

External links

  • snakeheads.org the comprehensive website for all aspects of snakeheads

Wikidata ☰ Q728752 entry