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Channidae 
AphiaID: 151380

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Added by Database Management Team
Rank Family
Parent Perciformes
Source  basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English snakeheads  [details]
All child
taxa
[hide all]		 Genus Channa
  » Species Channa argus (Cantor, 1842)
» Species Channa orientalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801
» Species Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793)
» Species Channa striata (Bloch, 1793)
» Species Channa punctatus (Bloch, 1793) accepted as Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793)
» Species Channa striatus (Bloch, 1793) accepted as Channa striata (Bloch, 1793)
Genus Parachanna

Genus Ophicephalus Bloch, 1793 accepted as Channa
  » Species Ophicephalus apus Canestrini, 1861 accepted as Channa orientalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801
» Species Ophicephalus indicus McClelland, 1842 accepted as Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793)
» Species Ophicephalus karruwey Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793)
» Species Ophicephalus planiceps Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Channa striata (Bloch, 1793)
» Species Ophicephalus punctatus Bloch, 1793 accepted as Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793)
» Species Ophicephalus striatus Bloch, 1793 accepted as Channa striata (Bloch, 1793)
Genus Ophiocephalus Bloch, 1793 accepted as Ophicephalus Bloch, 1793
  » Species Ophiocephalus affinis Günther, 1861 accepted as Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793)
» Species Ophiocephalus apus Canestrini, 1861 accepted as Channa orientalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801
» Species Ophiocephalus aurantiacus Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Channa orientalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801
» Species Ophiocephalus auranticus Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Channa orientalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801
» Species Ophiocephalus chena Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Channa striata (Bloch, 1793)
» Species Ophiocephalus indicus McClelland, 1842 accepted as Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793)
» Species Ophiocephalus karrouveri Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793)
» Species Ophiocephalus lata Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793)
» Species Ophiocephalus philippinus Peters, 1868 accepted as Channa striata (Bloch, 1793)
» Species Ophiocephalus planiceps Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Channa striata (Bloch, 1793)
» Species Ophiocephalus punctatus Bloch, 1793 accepted as Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793)
» Species Ophiocephalus striatus Bloch, 1793 accepted as Channa striata (Bloch, 1793)
» Species Ophiocephalus vagus Peters, 1868 accepted as Channa striata (Bloch, 1793)
» Species Ophiocephalus wrahl Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Channa striata (Bloch, 1793)
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151380
Taxonomic
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2005-04-06 10:22:32Z  created  Claus, Simon
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Channidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151380 on 2013-05-26
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