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Channidae
African obscure snakehead
Parachanna obscura
Fifty Centimeters Channid Fish
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Lower river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Elongated
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
MediumAfrican obscure snakehead is a freshwater fish found around Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 50 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Channidae
- Genus
- Parachanna
- Maximum length
- 50 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Africa: widely distributed from the Senegal River to the Chad system (Ref. 3575 , 57290 ), including the Volta and Niger basins and many coastal basins in West Africa (Ref. 57290 ), up to the Nile (Ref. 3575 , 28714 ) and Congo basins (Ref. 45434 , 106290 , 111328 ). In Lower Guinea known from most coastal basins (Ref. 81648 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
