WoRMS taxon details
Channa maculata (Lacepède, 1801)
743356 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:743356)
accepted
Species
Bostrychus maculatus Lacepède, 1801 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophicephalus tadianus Jordan & Evermann, 1902 · unaccepted
Ophiocephalus maculatus (Lacepède, 1801) · unaccepted
(of Bostrychus maculatus Lacepède, 1801) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 140, 143 [details]
page(s): 140, 143 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Channa maculata (Lacepède, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=743356 on 2026-01-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bostrychus maculatus Lacepède, 1801) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 140, 143 [details]
original description (of Ophicephalus tadianus Jordan & Evermann, 1902) Jordan, D. S.; EvermannB. W. (1902). Notes on a collection of fishes from the island of Formosa. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 25 (no. 1289): 315-368. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 140, 143 [details]
original description (of Ophicephalus tadianus Jordan & Evermann, 1902) Jordan, D. S.; EvermannB. W. (1902). Notes on a collection of fishes from the island of Formosa. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 25 (no. 1289): 315-368. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (43 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Ophiocephalus maculatus (Lacepède, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Channa maculata)
To FishBase (from synonym Bostrychus maculatus Lacepède, 1801)
To GenBank (506 nucleotides; 153 proteins) (from synonym Bostrychus maculatus Lacepède, 1801)
To GenBank (506 nucleotides; 153 proteins) (from synonym Ophiocephalus maculatus (Lacepède, 1801))
To GenBank (506 nucleotides; 153 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Ophiocephalus maculatus (Lacepède, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Channa maculata)
To FishBase (from synonym Bostrychus maculatus Lacepède, 1801)
To GenBank (506 nucleotides; 153 proteins) (from synonym Bostrychus maculatus Lacepède, 1801)
To GenBank (506 nucleotides; 153 proteins) (from synonym Ophiocephalus maculatus (Lacepède, 1801))
To GenBank (506 nucleotides; 153 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Image from synonym