FB-9894 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9894 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Anabantiformes Channidae Parachanna Parachanna insignis (Sauvage, 1884) Storplettet slangehovedfisk Gezeichneter Schlangenkopf Largespotted snakehead Madupea Pruun läänemadupea Kongonkäärmeenpää 真副鱧 真副鳢 Channa insignis (Sauvage, 1884) Ophiocephalus insignis Sauvage, 1884 Parophiocephalus insignis (Sauvage, 1884) 1994-05-02 2024-04-16 Boulenger, G.A.0 Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume IV. London. 392 p. (Ref. 1880) Boulenger, G.A.0 Additions à la faune ichthyologique du bassin du Congo. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. (1), 2(2):19-57. (Ref. 1884) Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl0 Aquarien atlas. Bd. 3. Melle: Mergus, Verlag für Natur-und Heimtierkunde, Germany. 1104 p. (Ref. 2059) Teugels, G.G., J.J. Breine and D.F.E. Thys van den Audernaerde0 Channidae. p. 288-290. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) 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Mission A. Stauch (février-avril 1961). Bull. Inst. Rech. Sci. Congo 2:41-48. (Ref. 44840) Varjo, M., L. Koli and H. Dahlström0 Kalannimiluettelo (versio 10/03). Suomen Biologian Seura Vanamo Ry. (Ref. 51086) Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences0 Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn (Ref. 58108) Teugels, G.G.0 Channidae. p. 241-246. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. Volume II. Collection Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. 603 pp. (Ref. 81648) Monsembula Iyaba, R.J.C. and M.L.J. Stiassny0 Fishes of the Salonga National Park (Congo basin, central Africa): a list of species collected in the Luilaka, Salonga, and Yenge Rivers (Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo). 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(Ref. 130676) FB-DiagnosticDescr-9894 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2017-10-16 00:00:00 2017-10-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9894 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Diagnosis: 25-33 scales in transverse series, 73-86 scales in lateral line; 40-44 dorsal rays; 27-31 anal rays (Ref. 81648).Description: body elongate; scales moderate sized; lateral line complete; head depressed anteriorly and covered with scales that are larger than those on body; lower jaw longer than upper jaw, with 4-5 well-developed canines; eyes laterally placed and comparatively large; dorsal and anal fins do not contact caudal fin, which is rounded and slightly pointed terminally (Ref. 81648).Coloration: preserved specimens with grey base body colouration, often with pale marbling on ventral side; flanks with traces of dark stripes forming variably developed chevrons, or 5-7 large, almost geometric spots that are more or less connected to another series of blotches on dorsum; small dark maculae, forming oblique bands, variously developed on fins; small black spot at base of caudal often visible (Ref. 81648). Teugels, G.G. 2008 Channidae. p. 241-246. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. Volume II. Collection Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. 603 pp. (Ref. 81648) FB-Morphology-9894 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Tobias Musschoot 2017-10-16 00:00:00 2017-10-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9894 Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 40 - 44; Anal spines: 0; Analsoft rays: 27 - 31 Teugels, G.G. 2008 Channidae. p. 241-246. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. Volume II. Collection Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. 603 pp. (Ref. 81648) FB-Distribution-9894 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-05-02 00:00:00 2017-10-16 17:24:55 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9894 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Africa: Kouilou River in Republic of Congo (Ref. 81648), Ogooué basin in Gabon (Ref. 81648, 111328) and the Congo basin in Central African Republic, Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 111328). Sympatric with Parachanna obscura in some parts of the Ogowe and Congo basins (Ref. 3575). Bonou, C.A. and G.G. Teugels 1985 Révision systématique du genre <I>Parachanna</I> Teugels et Daget 1984 (Pisces: Channidae). Rev. Hydrobiol. Trop. 18(4):267-280. (Ref. 111328) FB-Uses-9894 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-05-02 00:00:00 2024-04-16 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9894 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution fisheries: commercial FB-Size-9894 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-05-02 00:00:00 2024-04-16 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9894 53.2 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 81648)) Teugels, G.G. 2008 Channidae. p. 241-246. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. Volume II. Collection Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. 603 pp. (Ref. 81648) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-9894 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-05-02 00:00:00 2024-04-16 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9894 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats benthopelagic; freshwater