Biology:Blotched snakehead
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Short description: Species of fish
| Blotched snakehead | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anabantiformes |
| Family: | Channidae |
| Genus: | Channa |
| Species: | C. maculata
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| Channa maculata | |
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The blotched snakehead (Channa maculata) is a species of snakehead. It is one of four species of the genus Channa native to China . It is also to native northern Vietnam and Taiwan, but has been widely introduced to other countries, where it is an invasive species.[4] This predatory species typically grows to a length of 20–30 cm (7.9–11.8 in),[5] but it has been confirmed at 33 cm (13 in) and some suggest it may reach a far larger size.[4]
References
- ↑ Huckstorf, V. (2021). "Channa maculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T166090A58315725. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T166090A58315725.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/166090/58315725. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ "Channa maculata". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=166684.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Channa maculata" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Channa maculata (Lacepde, 1802)". United States Geological Survey. November 23, 2009. http://fl.biology.usgs.gov/Snakehead_circ_1251/html/channa_maculata.html.
- ↑ SeriouslyFish: Channa maculata. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
Wikidata ☰ Q2586186 entry
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