Channa

Translingual

Channa pleurophthalma (five-spotted snakehead)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χάννη (khánnē, “sea perch”).

Proper noun

Channa f

A taxonomic genus within the family Channidae – snakehead fishes.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass; Teleostei - class; Acanthopterygii - superorder; Anabantiformes - order; Channoidei - suborder; Channidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Channa orientalis (Ceylon snakehead) - type species; Channa asiatica (small snakehead), Channa maculata (blotched snakehead) - selected other species

References

Channa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Channa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Channa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Channa at World Register of Marine Species

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