Forest snakehead
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The forest snakehead (Channa lucius) is a species of snakehead, a fish of the family Channidae. Its range includes most of Southeast Asia and parts of southern China. It lives in forest streams and can reach 40 cm (16 in) in length.[2] The forest snakehead is known in Thai language as pla krasong (Thai: ปลากระสง).[3] Khmer language called it កញ្ជនជៃ (kanh chon chey), Indonesians named it kehung, while in Malaysia, they called it ikan bujuk in Malay Language and in Vietnamese its name is cá lóc dày
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Forest snakehead | |
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Channa lucius from Mentaya Hulu, Central Kalimantan | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anabantiformes |
Family: | Channidae |
Genus: | Channa |
Species: | C. lucius |
Binomial name | |
Channa lucius (G. Cuvier, 1831) | |
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A genetic study published in 2017 indicates that C. lucius is a species complex.[4]