Parachanna insignis

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Parachanna insignis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Channidae
Genus: Parachanna
Species:
P. insignis
Binomial name
Parachanna insignis
(Sauvage, 1884)
Synonyms [2]
  • Ophiocephalus insignisSauvage, 1884
  • Channa insignis(Sauvage, 1884)
  • Parophiocephalus insignis(Sauvage, 1884)

Parachanna insignis is a species of ray-finned fish from the snakehead family, Channidae from western central Africa. [2]

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References

  1. Moelants, T. (2010). "Parachanna insignis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T182720A7951720. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T182720A7951720.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Parachanna obscura" in FishBase . August 2019 version.