ADW: Channa: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii
        
        Order Perciformes
        
        Family Channidae (Snakeheads)
        
        Genus Channa
        
        Species Channa amphibeus (Borna snakehead)
        
        Species Channa argus
        
        Species Channa asiatica (Small snakehead)
        
        Species Channa aurantimaculata
        
        Species Channa bankanensis
        
        Species Channa baramensis
        
        Species Channa barca (Barca snakehead)
        
        Species Channa bleheri
        
        Species Channa burmanica
        
        Species Channa cyanospilos
        
        Species Channa diplogramma
        
        Species Channa gachua
        
        Species Channa harcourtbutleri (Burmese snakehead)
        
        Species Channa lucius
        
        Species Channa maculata (Blotched snakehead)
        
        Species Channa marulia (Bullseye snakehead)
        
        Species Channa marulioides
        
        Species Channa melanoptera
        
        Species Channa melasoma (Black snakehead)
        
        Species Channa micropeltes (Giant snakehead)
        
        Species Channa nox
        
        Species Channa orientalis (Asiatic snakehead)
        
        Species Channa ornatipinnis
        
        Species Channa panaw
        
        Species Channa pleurophthalma
        
        Species Channa pulchra
        
        Species Channa punctata (Spotted snakehead)
        
        Species Channa stewartii (Assamese snakehead)
        
        Species Channa striata (Banded snakehead)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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