Channa amphibeus

Channa amphibeus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Channoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Anabantaria Ordo: Anabantiformes Subordo: Channoidei

Familia: Channidae
Genus: Channa
Species: Channa amphibeus

Name

Channa amphibeus (McClelland, 1845)

Type locality: Chel River basin (Bhutan Foot Hills).

Neotype: ZSI F11435/1.

References

• McClelland, John 1845: Description of four species of fishes from the rivers at the foot of the Boutan mountains. The Calcutta Journal of Natural History and Miscellany of the Arts and Literature. Vol. 5, No. 18, pp. 274–282.
• Musikasinthorn, Prachya 2000: Channa aurantimaculata, a new channid fish from Assam (Brahmaputra River basin), India, with designation of a neotype for C. amphibeus (McClelland, 1845). Ichthyological Research. Vol. 47 (1): 27–29.
• Very rare endemic fish. Known only from the type locality.
• snakeheads.org: comprehensive website about snakeheads

Vernacular names

English: Borna snakehead