Obscure snakehead
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The obscure snakehead (Parachanna obscura) is a medium-sized carnivorous fish that has an elongated shape tapered on both ends and is covered in medium circular scales (cycloid).[3] The head, resembling a snake, is long and depressed anteriorly and covered with cycloid scales slightly larger than those scales on the body.[3] This species is found in central Africa along the western coastline from as far north as Senegal to as far south as Zaire and into central Africa into southwest Sudan.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anabantiformes |
Family: | Channidae |
Genus: | Parachanna |
Species: | P. obscura |
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Parachanna obscura (Günther, 1861) | |
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