Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Channidae > Channa > Channa melasoma

Channa melasoma (manu; Black snakehead)

Synonyms: Ophicephalus melasoma; Ophicephalus mystax; Ophicephalus rhodotaenia; Ophiocephalus melanosoma; Ophiocephalus melasoma
Language: Finnish; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

The black snakehead (Channa melasoma) is a species of snakehead native to Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore. This commercially important species reaches a length of 30 cm (12 in).
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Danau Sentarum National Park 347674 Kalimantan, Indonesia  
Krau Wildlife Reserve IV 149823 Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia  

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Citations

Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0