Black snakehead  (Channa melasoma)

Taxonomy of Fishes

• Osteichthyes - Bony fishes->

  • Coelacanthi - Lobe-finned fishes->
  • Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes->

    • Perciformes - Perches->
    • Cypriniformes - Carps->
    • Esociformes - Pikes->
    • Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts->
    • Siluriformes - Catfishes->
    • Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes->
    • Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks->
    • Gadiformes - Cods->
    • Anguilliformes - Eels and morays->
    • Clupeiformes - Herrings->
    • Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses->
    • Gobiiformes - Gobies->
    • Mugiliformes - Mullets->
    • Carangiformes - Jacks->
    • Beloniformes - Needlefishes->
    • Labriformes - Wrasses->
    • Scombriformes - Mackerels->
    • Mulliformes - Goatfishes->
    • Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes->
    • Aulopiformes - Grinners->
    • Blenniiformes - Blennies->
    • Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps->
    • Osmeriformes - Smelts->
    • Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes->
    • Cichliformes - Cichlids->
    • Characiformes - Characins->
    • Osteoglossiformes - Bony tongues->
    • Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders->
    • Anabantiformes - Gouramies and snakeheads->

      • Channidae - Snakeheads->

        • Channa - Snakeheads->

          • Northern snakehead (Channa argus)
          • Giant snakehead (Channa micropeltes)
          • Sumatranska zmijoglavka (Channa pleurophthalma)
          • Myanmar snakehead (Channa pulchra)
          • Small snakehead (Channa asiatica)
          • Striped snakehead (Channa striata)
          • Spotted snakehead (Channa punctata)
          • Blotched snakehead (Channa maculata)
          • Borna snakehead (Channa amphibeus)
          • Channa andrao (Channa andrao)
          • Sri Lanka giant snakehead (Channa ara)
          • Channa aurantimaculata (Channa aurantimaculata)
          • Channa aurantipectoralis (Channa aurantipectoralis)
          • Channa bankanensis (Channa bankanensis)
          • Channa baramensis (Channa baramensis)
          • Barca snakehead (Channa barca)
          • Channa bleheri (Channa bleheri)
          • Brown bleheri (Channa brunnea)
          • Channa burmanica (Channa burmanica)
          • Channa cyanospilos (Channa cyanospilos)
          • Channa diplogramma (Channa diplogramma)
          • Channa gachua (Channa gachua)
          • Burmese snakehead (Channa harcourtbutleri)
          • Channa hoaluensis (Channa hoaluensis)
          • Dwarf snakehead (Channa kelaartii)
          • Channa longistomata (Channa longistomata)
          • Channa lucius (Channa lucius)
          • Channa marulioides (Channa marulioides)
          • Great snakehead (Channa marulius)
          • Channa melanoptera (Channa melanoptera)
          • Channa melanostigma (Channa melanostigma)
          • Black snakehead (Channa melasoma)
          • Channa ninhbinhensis (Channa ninhbinhensis)
          • Channa nox (Channa nox)
          • Walking snakehead (Channa orientalis)
          • Channa ornatipinnis (Channa ornatipinnis)
          • Channa panaw (Channa panaw)
          • Channa pardalis (Channa pardalis)
          • Channa pomanensis (Channa pomanensis)
          • Channa pseudomarulius (Channa pseudomarulius)
          • Channa shingon (Channa shingon)
          • Assamese snakehead (Channa stewartii)
          • Goldline Bullseye Snakehead (Channa aurolineata)
        • Parachanna - Parachanna->
      • Osphronemidae - Gouramis->
      • Aenigmachannidae - Gollum snakehead fishes->
      • Anabantidae - Climbing gouramies->
      • Badidae - Chameleonfishes->
      • Helostomatidae - Kissing gouramies->
      • Nandidae - Asian leaffishes->
      • Pristolepididae - Mudperches->
    • Gymnotiformes - South American knifefish->
    • Istiophoriformes - Barracudas->
    • Albuliformes - Bonefishes->
    • Lepidogalaxiiformes - Salamanderfishes->
    • Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes->
    • Spariformes - Breams and porgies->
    • Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes->
    • Moroniformes - Temperate basses->
    • Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes->
    • Zeiformes - Dories->
    • Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes->
    • Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes->
    • Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards->
    • Lampriformes - Lamprids->
    • Galaxiiformes - Southern smelts->
    • Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes->
    • Hiodontiformes - Mooneyes->
    • Percopsiformes - Trout-perches->
    • Callionymiformes - Dragonets->
    • Atheriniformes - Silversides->
    • Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels->
    • Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers->
    • Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders->
    • Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes->
    • Argentiniformes - Marine smelts->
    • Stomiiformes - Lightfishes and dragonfishes->
    • Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes->
    • Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes->
    • Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes->
    • Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes->
    • Beryciformes - Sawbellies->
    • Trachichthyiformes - Rughies->
    • Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels->
    • Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes->
    • Synbranchiformes - Swamp eels->
    • Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes->
    • Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses->
  • Cladistii - Bichirs->
  • Dipneusti - Lungfishes->
  • Chondrostei - Sturgeons->
  • Holostei - Gars and Bowfins->
• Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes->
• Agnatha - Jawless fishes->