WoRMS taxon details
Parachanna obscura (Günther, 1861)
743374 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:743374)
accepted
Species
Channa obscura (Günther, 1861) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Channa obscurus (Günther, 1861) · unaccepted
Ophicephalus obscurus (Günther, 1861) · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophiocephalus obscurus Günther, 1861 · unaccepted
Paraphiocephalus obscurus (Günther, 1861) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Parophiocephalus obscurus (Günther, 1861) · unaccepted
(of Ophiocephalus obscurus Günther, 1861) Günther, A. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. <em>London.</em> v. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. [details]
WoRMS (2026). Parachanna obscura (Günther, 1861). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=743374 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophiocephalus obscurus Günther, 1861) Günther, A. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. <em>London.</em> v. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (120 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Ophicephalus obscurus (Günther, 1861))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parachanna obscura)
To Fishbase (from synonym Channa obscurus (Günther, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Parophiocephalus obscurus (Günther, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Ophicephalus obscurus (Günther, 1861))
To GenBank (174 nucleotides; 146 proteins)
To GenBank (174 nucleotides; 146 proteins) (from synonym Ophiocephalus obscurus Günther, 1861)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Ophicephalus obscurus (Günther, 1861))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parachanna obscura)
To Fishbase (from synonym Channa obscurus (Günther, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Parophiocephalus obscurus (Günther, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Ophicephalus obscurus (Günther, 1861))
To GenBank (174 nucleotides; 146 proteins)
To GenBank (174 nucleotides; 146 proteins) (from synonym Ophiocephalus obscurus Günther, 1861)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Image from synonym
