Mislabeled Snakehead

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fishyguy

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I got a shipment under the name Parachanna africana…. Highly doubt it… My guess… C. lucia or P. insignis or P maculata…. Wild shot C. panaw?

BTW they are about 8 to 9 inches

What do you think?


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Thanks guys
 
Hi,
its from africa, most likely insignis or obscura.

Cheers
 
Doesn't look like an Obscura, that's for sure.
 
100% Channa Lucius a.k.a splended snakehead or forest snakehead. If they are african snakehead they should have longer nostrils. (Not sure what they called)

I got the same fish. They can change patterns and different shades of browns.
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i would say lucia , from head shape , obscura and insignis useally have a compleatly diferant head shape but the does not mean it couldnt be

there also does not seam to be the cheveron bars accross the back assosiated with insignis and the blotches merge into eachother it certain points , which does not happen with insignis ,

so i say lucia or slight chance obscura

cheers col
 
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