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Channidae (snakehead)

Actinopteri - Anabantiformes - Channidae

Taxonomy
Channidae was named by Berg (1940). It is extant. Its type is Channa.

It was assigned to Channiformes by Böhme (2010); to Channoidei by Murray and Thewissen (2008) and Betancur et al. (2013); to Perciformes by Otero et al. (2015); and to Anabantiformes by Nelson et al. (2016).

Subtaxa
Anchichanna, Channa (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Channidae Berg
2008Channidae Murray and Thewissen p. 47
2010Channidae Böhme p. 8
2013Channidae Betancur et al.
2015Channidae Otero et al. p. 12
2016Channidae Nelson et al. p. 394

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Carangimorpharia
Anabantomorphariae
orderAnabantiformes
familyChannidaeBerg 1940
familyChannidaeBerg 1940

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Channidae Berg 1940 [snakehead]
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G. †Anchichanna Murray and Thewissen 2008
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Anchichanna kuldanensis Murray and Thewissen 2008
G. Channa Scopoli 1770
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Channa elliptica von Salis 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available