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Snakeheads
Channidae
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Brian Gratwicke cc-by
Channidae (snakeheads) is a family of
ray-finned fish
.
EOL has data for
32 attributes
, including:
ecomorphological guild
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/EcomorphologicalGuild
Definition:
organisms that share certain morphological traits due to adaptation to similar environments and ecological roles
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nectonic
URI:
http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Nekton
Definition:
Active swimming organisms that live in the water column and are able to move independently of the water mass (adapted from Lincoln et al., 1998).
Attribution:
http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Nekton
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first appearance
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
Definition:
The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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47.8 million years ago
habitat includes
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
Definition:
The organism inhabits this environment or ecoregion.
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freshwater
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873
Definition:
A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.
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last appearance
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilLast
Definition:
The last appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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Tortonian Age
URI:
http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Tortonian
Attribution:
International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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trophic level
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicLevel
Definition:
The position an organism occupies in a food chain.
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omnivore
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q164509
Definition:
organism consuming a variety of foods, usually including both plants and animals
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snakeheads includes
4 children
:
Channa Scopoli 1777
Parachanna Teugels & Daget 1984
Ophiocephalus kelaartii
Anchichanna Murray & Thewissen 2008
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