African Snakehead
Parachanna africana
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Parachanna africana, the African snakehead or Niger snakehead, is a species of fish from west-central Africa. Little is published on its biology. Limited primarily to coastal sections of rivers, it is thought to be a nest-building, thrust predator like other Channidae.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Anabantiformes
- Family
- Channidae
- Genus
- Parachanna