Channa

Translingual

Channa pleurophthalma (five-spotted snakehead)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χάννη (khánnē, “sea perch”).

Proper noun

Channa f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Channidae – snakehead fishes.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Acanthopterygii - superorder; Anabantiformes - order; Channoidei - suborder; Channidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Channa orientalis (Ceylon snakehead) - type species; Channa asiatica (small snakehead), Channa maculata (blotched snakehead) - selected other species

Derived terms

• Aenigmachanna
• Parachanna
• †Eochanna

References

• Channa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Channa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Channa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Channa at World Register of Marine Species