Channa

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iChanna
Northern snakehead, Channa argus
Northern snakehead, Channa argus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Channidae
Genus: Channa
Scopoli, 1777
Species

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For other uses, see Channa (disambiguation).

Channa is a genus of the Channidae family of snakehead fishes. It contains about 29 species.

[edit] Species

 Channa amphibeus - Borna snakehead
 Channa argus - Northern snakehead
 Channa asiatica
 Channa aurantimaculata
 Channa bankanensis
 Channa barca - Barca snakehead
 Channa bleheri - Rainbow snakehead
 Channa cyanospilos
 Channa gachua - Dwarf snakehead
 Channa harcourtbutleri
 Channa lucius
 Channa maculata
 Channa marulioides
 Channa marulius - Great snakehead
 Channa melanopterus
 Channa melasoma - Black snakehead
 Channa micropeltes - Giant snakehead, red snakehead
 Channa nox
 Channa orientalis - smooth-breasted snakehead
 Channa panaw
 Channa pleurophthalma
 Channa punctata - Spotted snakehead, green snakehead
 Channa stewartii
 Channa striata - Snakehead murrel, chevron snakehead, striped snakehead

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