Taxonomy of Finfish (1+2)

4.1.3 Order : Channiformes

Body elongate with scales.  Head with plate-like scales.  Gill openings wide.  Suprabranchial accessory respiratory aooaratus well developed.  No pseudobranchiae.  Branchiostegals five.  Teeth on jaws and palate.  A single long dorsal fin, and a similar anal fin, both without spines.  Pelvic fins thoracic or absent.  Lateral line abruptly curved or almost interrupted.  Air-bladder present.

A single family with a single genus is dealt with here.