Snakehead fishes of the family Channidae are predatory freshwater teleosts from Africa and
Asia comprising 38 valid species. Snakeheads are important food fishes (aquaculture, live …

The family Channidae, members of which are commonly known as snakehead fish, includes
53 Channa species and three Parachanna species. In this study, we characterized …

Detecting and documenting the occurrence of invasive species outside their native range
requires tools to support their identification. This can be challenging for taxa with diverse life …

The snakehead fish of the genus Channa are an important food fish in China. However, the
molecular identification and phylogeny of this genus is poorly understood. Here, we present …

Background Chlorops oryzae is an important pest of rice crops. There have been frequent
outbreaks of this pest in recent years and it has become the main rice pest in some regions …

Species boundaries of some Mactridae species are difficult to define by morphology due to
phenotypic plasticity and morphological convergence. DNA barcoding might provide an …

An investigation integrating morphological and molecular data to address the taxonomic
status of Indian Channa marulius-like fishes reveals the presence of two species within …

Channa lipor, a new species of snakehead of the C. gachua species-group, is described
based on 11 specimens from Meghalaya, Northeast India. It is distinguished from its …

This study quantified the intra‐specific diversity and characterized the population structure of
the Asian snakehead fish, Channa striata in Sabah, North Borneo by determining the …

Channa are the freshwater and important food fish species in Pakistan belonging to family
Channidae. However, identification and phylogenetic analysis based on molecular tools of …