Channa auroflammea

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Channa auroflammea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Channidae
Genus: Channa
Species:
C. auroflammea
Binomial name
Channa auroflammea
Adamson, Britz & Lieng, 2019[1]

Channa auroflammea is a species of snakehead, a fish of the family Channidae. Its range includes Mekong River. It was previously lumped with C. marulius, C. cf. marulius, or C. aff. marulius, but can be distinguished within the group by colour pattern, other morphological characteristics, and genetic information.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Channa auroflammea". www.gbif.org.
  2. ^ Adamson, E. A.; Britz, R.; Lieng, S. (2019). "Channa auroflammea, a new species of snakehead fish of the marulius group from the Mekong River in Laos and Cambodia (Teleostei: Channidae)". Zootaxa. 4571 (3): 398–408. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4571.3.7. PMID 31715807. S2CID 109750814.