Unraveling a 146 years old taxonomic puzzle: validation of Malabar snakehead, species-status and its relevance for channid systematics and evolution.

Unraveling a 146 years old taxonomic puzzle: validation of Malabar snakehead, species-status and its relevance for channid systematics and evolution.

The Malabar snakehead Channa diplogramma is one of the most enigmatic and least understood species within the family Channidae, which comprise one of the most important groups of freshwater food fish in tropical Asia. Since its description from peninsular India in 1865, it has remained a taxonomic p...

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Main Authors: Allen Benziger, Siby Philip, Rajeev Raghavan, Palakkaparambil Hamsa Anvar Ali, Mithun Sukumaran, Josin C Tharian, Neelesh Dahanukar, Fibin Baby, Reynold Peter, Karunakaran Rema Devi, Kizhakke Veetil Radhakrishnan, Mohamed Abdulkather Haniffa, Ralf Britz, Agostinho Antunes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3123301?pdf=render

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