| Malabar snakehead | |
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| Malabar snakehead, Channa diplogramma | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anabantiformes |
| Family: | Channidae |
| Genus: | Channa |
| Species: | C. diplogramma
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| Binomial name | |
| Channa diplogramma (F. Day, 1865)
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The Malabar snakehead (Channa diplogramma) is a vulnerable species of snakehead from fresh water in the Western Ghats in India. Until 2011, its scientific name was usually considered to be a synonym of C. micropeltes, the giant snakehead.[2]
- ^ Abraham, R. (2011). "Channa diplogramma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T196095A8994895. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T196095A8994895.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Benziger A, Philip S, Raghavan R, Anvar Ali PH, Sukumaran M, et al. (2011) Unraveling a 146 Years Old Taxonomic Puzzle: Validation of Malabar Snakehead, Species-Status and Its Relevance for Channid Systematics and Evolution. PLoS ONE 6(6): e21272. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021272