| Barca snakehead | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Channidae |
| Genus: | Channa |
| Species: | C. barca |
| Binomial name | |
| Channa barca (Hamilton, 1822) |
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The Barca snakehead, Channa barca, is a species of snakehead. It is extremely rare. Its type location is Goalpara, a small city on the southern banks of the Brahmaputra river in Assam, India. According to snakeheads.org, outside India there are only three living specimen kept in aquaria.