Channa bleheri

Channa bleheri

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 bleheri

Name

Channa bleheri Vierke, 1991

Type locality: Upper Diburu near Guijam, Assam, India.

Holotype: ZFMK 16555. Paratypes: ZFMK 16556 (1). Type catalog: Herder et al. 2010:133.

Etymology: Species is named in appreciation after German aquarist and fish explorer Heiko Bleher, who first purchased the catch and sent them out for identification.

References

• Vierke, J. 1991. Ein farbenfroher neuer Schlangenkopffisch aus Assam: Channa bleheri spec. nov. Das Aquarium 25(259): 20–24.
• Herder, F., Huylebrouck, J. & Busse, K. 2010. Catalogue of type specimens of fishes in the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 59(1): 109–136. Full article (PDF) BHLReference page.  [see page 133]

Vernacular names

English: Rainbow snakehead