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Parachanna  Teugels and Daget, 1984
Taxonomic Serial No.: 642462

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Ophicephalus (Parophiocephalus) Senna, 1924
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2022   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderChannoidei   
                                  FamilyChannidae Fowler, 1934 – snakeheads, cabezas de serpiente, têtes-de-serpent  
                                     GenusParachanna Teugels and Daget, 1984  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Parachanna africana (Steindachner, 1879) – Niger snakehead, African snakehead 
                                        Species Parachanna insignis (Sauvage, 1884) – Congo snakehead 
                                        Species Parachanna obscura (Günther, 1861) – African obscure snakehead, African snakehead 
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Parachanna   
       
  Source: Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes, 02-May-2022, website (version 02-May-22)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & van der Laan, R. (eds) 2022. ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: GENERA, SPECIES, REFERENCES. (https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 05 May 2022   
  Reference for: Parachanna   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bonou, Clément A., and Guy G. Teugels  
  Publication Date: 1985   
  Article/Chapter Title: Révision systématique du genre Parachanna Teugels et Daget 1984 (Pisces: Channidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Revue d'Hydrobiologie Tropicale, vol. 18, no. 4   
  Page(s): 267-280   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0240-8783   
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  Reference for: Parachanna   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Teugels, Guy G., and Jacques Daget  
  Publication Date: 1984   
  Article/Chapter Title: Parachanna nom. nov. for the African snake-heads and rehabilitation of Parachanna insignis (Sauvage, 1884) (Pisces, Channidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Cybium, vol. 8, no. 4   
  Page(s): 1-7   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0399-0974   
  Notes: Available online at https://sfi-cybium.fr/en/node/2517   
  Reference for: original description   
       

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