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Channa argus  (Cantor, 1842)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 166680

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Channa argus argus (Cantor, 1842)
  
    Channa argus warpachowskii (Berg, 1909)
  
    Ophicephalus argus Cantor, 1842
  
    Ophicephalus pekinensis Basilewsky, 1855
  
    Ophiocephalus warpachowskii Berg, 1909
  
    Channa argus kimurai Shih, 1936
  
  Common Name(s): Snakehead [English]
  
    Northern Snakehead [English]
  
    Poisson tête de serpent [French]
  
    Cabeza de serpiente [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderChannoidei   
                                  FamilyChannidae Fowler, 1934 – snakeheads, cabezas de serpiente, têtes-de-serpent  
                                     GenusChanna Scopoli, 1777 – Asian snakeheads  
                                        SpeciesChanna argus (Cantor, 1842) – Snakehead, Northern Snakehead, Poisson tête de serpent, Cabeza de serpiente  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Channa argus   
       
  Source: Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes, 02-May-2022, website (version 02-May-22)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & van der Laan, R. (eds) 2022. ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: GENERA, SPECIES, REFERENCES. (https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 05 May 2022   
  Reference for: Channa argus   
       
  Source: FAO AFSIS species list, 01-Jul-2021, database (version 01-Jul-21)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) list of species for fishery statistics purposes. Available at https://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en   
  Reference for: Channa argus, Snakehead [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Channa argus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Courtenay, Walter R., Jr., and James D. Williams  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Snakeheads (Pisces, Channidae): a biological synopsis and risk assesment   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Circular 1251   
  Page(s): v + 143   
  Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey   
  Publication Place: Reston, Virgina, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 060793720   
  Notes: doi: 10.3133/cir1251   
  Reference for: Channa argus, Northern Snakehead [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Channa argus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, et al., eds  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Seventh Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 34   
  Page(s): ix + 384   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9781934874318, 0097-0638  
  Notes: doi: 10.47886/9781934874318   
  Reference for: Channa argus, Northern Snakehead [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    North America  
    Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Introduced  
 

 

    

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