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Parachanna insignis (Sauvage, 1884)

Largespotted snakehead
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Congo (Kinshasa) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the lower Congo, Pool Malebo, middle Congo River, Ubangi, Lake Mai Ndombe, Lukenie, Sankuru, Lake Tumba (Ref. 111328), Ruki (Ref. 93897, 111328), Itimbiri, Aruwimi (Ref. 106290, 111328), Wagenia Falls (Ref. 106245, 111328), Lualaba and upper Lualaba (Ref. 111328). Also Ref. 3575.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cg.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bonou, C.A. and G.G. Teugels, 1985
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Anabantiformes (Gouramies, snakeheads) > Channidae (Snakeheads)
Etymology: Parachanna: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, channe, -es = anchovy (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Sauvage.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 2059)

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