Parachanna insignis

The Parachanna insignis lives in the benthopelagic, freshwater environment.

Parachanna insignis on Fish Mapper TSN 642910 (Taxonomic Serial Number) Retrieved on from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System online database. This is a cached copy. More

Parachanna insignis is with a possible 60cm/24" the largest of the African channa. Sizes of around 50cm/20" are more likely in the aquarium but reports of giants have been heard of. More

Common names

Gezeichneter Schlangenkopf in German (Deutsch)
Kongonkäärmeenpää in Finnish (suomen kieli)
真副鱧 in Mandarin Chinese
真副鳢 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Perciformes
Family : Channidae
Genus : Parachanna
Species : Parachanna insignis
Authority : Sauvage, 1884