obscurus, Ophiocephalus Günther [A.] 1861:476 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] West Africa. Syntypes: BMNH 1849.12.25.2-3 (2). •Valid as Parachanna obscura (Günther 1861) -- (Bonou & Teugels 1985:273 [ref. 26743], Teugels et al. 1986:289 [ref. 6202], Lévêque et al. 1989:121 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:303 [ref. 26478], Paugy et al. 1990:342 [ref. 26477], Lévèque et al. 1991:145 [ref. 31367], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:656 [ref. 21590], Dankwa et al. 1999:44 [ref. 28023], Musikasinthorn & Taki 2001:320 [ref. 25558], Courtenay & Williams 2004:125 [ref. 27545], Teugels 2007:245 [ref. 30042], Benziger et al. 2011:7 [ref. 31366], Neumann et al. 2016:307 [ref. 35036], Skelton 2019:229 [ref. 36564], Rüber et al. 2019:[6] [ref. 36913], Munene et al. 2021:25 [ref. 39283], Stiassny et al. 2021:1688 [ref. 39000], Fermon et al. 2022:229 [ref. 39448], Walsh et al. 2022:[5] [ref. 39281], Seemani et al. 2024:1 [ref. 41522]). Current status: Valid as Parachanna obscura (Günther 1861). Channidae. Distribution: Widepread in western and central Africa. Introduced in Zambia. Habitat: freshwater.