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Channidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Channidae

Name

Homonyms
Channidae
Common names
Họ Cá quả in Vietnamese
Madupealased in Estonian
Schlangenkopffisch in German
Slangehovedfiskfamilien in Danish
Snakehead in English
Snakeheads in English
cabezas de serpiente in Spanish
cabezas de serpiente in Spanish
hadohlavcovití in Czech
käärmeenpäät in Finnish
ormhuvudsfiskar in Swedish
slangehodefiskfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
snakehead in English
snakeheads in English
snakeheads in English
têtes-de-serpent in French
têtes-de-serpent in French
Żmijogłowowate in Polish
Змееголовые in Russian
Змієголові in Ukrainian
ปลาช่อน ฯลฯ in Thai
タイワンドジョウ科 in Japanese
鱧科 in Chinese
ormhuvudsfiskar in Swedish
slangehodefiskfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
タイワンドジョウ科 in Japanese
ormhuvudfiskar in Swedish
snakeheads in English
snakeheads in English

Bibliographic References

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  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. FishBase
  5. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  6. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  7. Froese & Pauly (2016) FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication
  8. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  9. Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, et al., eds, 2013: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Seventh Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 34. ix + 384.
  10. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  11. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  12. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  13. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  14. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  15. WoRMS Editorial Board (2017) WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
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