Anchichanna kuldanensis Murray and Thewissen 2008 (snakehead)

Actinopteri - Anabantiformes - Channidae

Full reference: A. M. Murray and J. G. M. Thewissen. 2008. Eocene actinopterygian fishes from Pakistan, with a description of a new genus and species of channid (Channiformes). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(14):41-52

Belongs to Anchichanna according to A. M. Murray and J. G. M. Thewissen 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: H-GSP 92065, a partial skull. Its type locality is H-GSP 62, which is in a Lutetian coarse channel fill conglomerate in the Kuldana Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at H-GSP 62

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