Obscure snakehead
| Obscure snakehead | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anabantiformes |
| Family: | Channidae |
| Genus: | Parachanna |
| Species: | P. obscura |
| Binomial name | |
| Parachanna obscura (Günther, 1861) | |
| Distribution of Parachanna spp. | |
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The obscure snakehead (Parachanna obscura) is a species of snakehead in the family Channidae. This species is found in central Africa along the western coastline from as far north as Senegal to as far south as Zaire and into southwest Sudan.