Parachanna
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Parachanna is a genus of the Channidae
family of snakehead fishes. Species of Parachanna are found in tropical Africa
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Channidae
The Snakeheads are members of the freshwater perciform fish family Channidae, native to Africa and Asia. These elongated predatory fish are distinguished by a long dorsal fin, large mouth and shiny teeth. They breathe air with a suprabranchial organ, a primitive form of a labyrinth organ...
family of snakehead fishes. Species of Parachanna are found in tropical Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
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Species
- African snakehead, Parachanna africanaParachanna africanaParachanna africana, commonly known as the African snakehead or Niger snakehead, is a species of fish from west-central Africa. Little is published on its biology...
- †Parachanna fayumensisParachanna fayumensisParachanna fayumensis, is an extinct member of the snakehead fish family known from fossil records only. It is the oldest member of this family known from Africa. It differs from Parachanna insignis, P. africana and P. obscura by presence of prominent raised tooth patch with well-developed tooth...
(fossilFossilFossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
) - Brown snakehead, Parachanna insignis
- Obscure snakehead, Parachanna obscura