- Channa barca
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Barca snakehead Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Channidae Genus: Channa Species: C. barca Binomial name Channa barca
(Hamilton, 1822)The Barca snakehead, Channa barca, is a species of snakehead. It is extremely rare. Its type location is Goalpara, a small city on the southern banks of the Brahmaputra river in Assam, India. According to snakeheads.org, outside India there are only three living specimen kept in aquaria.
References
- "Channa barca". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=642748. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Channa barca" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
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