Black snakehead
| Black snakehead | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Channidae |
| Genus: | Channa |
| Species: | C. melasoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Channa melasoma (Bleeker, 1851) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Ophicephalus melasoma Bleeker, 1851 | |
The black snakehead (Channa melasoma) is a species of snakehead native to Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore. This commercially important species reaches a length of 30 cm (12 in).[1]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Channa melasoma" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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