Parachanna

Parachanna is a genus of snakeheads native to freshwater habitats in tropical Africa. Three recognized extant (living) species are in this genus, but a phylogenetic study from 2017 indicates that a fourth, currently undescribed species also exists.<ref>Conte-Grand, C., Britz, R., Dahanukar, N., Raghavan, R., Pethi-yagoda, R., Tan, H.H., Hadiaty, R.K., Yaakob, N.S. & Rüber, L. (2017). Barcoding snakeheads (Teleostei, Channidae) re-visited: Discovering greater species diversity and resolving perpetuated taxonomic confusions. PLoS ONE, 12 (9): e0184017.</ref>

One fossil species, Parachanna fayumensis Murray, 2006 dated to the Upper Eocene and Lower Oligocene is known from the Jebel Qatrani Formation of the Fayum Depression, Egypt.

Species

The three recognized extant species in this genus are:<ref>{{#invoke:Cite taxon|main|fishbase|genus=|species=|subspecies=}}</ref>

• Parachanna africana (Steindachner, 1879) (African snakehead)
• Parachanna insignis (Sauvage, 1884) (brown snakehead)
• Parachanna obscura (Günther, 1861) (obscure snakehead)

References

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