WoRMS taxon details
Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793)
280129 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280129)
accepted
Species
Channa punctatus (Bloch, 1793) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ophicephalus indicus McClelland, 1842 · unaccepted
Ophicephalus karruwey Lacepède, 1801 · unaccepted
Ophicephalus punctatus Bloch, 1793 · unaccepted
Ophiocephalus affinis Günther, 1861 · unaccepted
Ophiocephalus indicus McClelland, 1842 · unaccepted
Ophiocephalus karrouveri Lacepède, 1801 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Ophiocephalus lata Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted
Ophiocephalus punctatus Bloch, 1793 · unaccepted (misspelling)
(of Ophicephalus punctatus Bloch, 1793) Bloch, M. E. (1793). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 7: i-xiv + 1-144, Pls. 325-360. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 10, published 1797.].
page(s): 139, Pl. 358 [details]
page(s): 139, Pl. 358 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280129 on 2025-06-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ophicephalus indicus McClelland, 1842) McClelland, J. (1842). On the fresh-water fishes collected by William Griffith, Esq., F. L. S. Madras Medical Service, during his travels under the orders of the Supreme Government of India, from 1835 to 1842. <em>Calcutta Journal of Natural History.</em> v. 2 (no. 8): 560-589, Pls. 6, 15, 18, 21. [Cover dated January, 1842, but data for material collected in 1842 is included. Authorship of new taxa apparently is McClelland alone except for one genus and one species listed as McClell. et Griff. on p. 573; the use of "id." is confusing.]. [details]
original description (of Ophicephalus karruwey Lacepède, 1801) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 551, 552 [details]
original description (of Ophicephalus punctatus Bloch, 1793) Bloch, M. E. (1793). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 7: i-xiv + 1-144, Pls. 325-360. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 10, published 1797.].
page(s): 139, Pl. 358 [details]
original description (of Ophiocephalus lata Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].].
page(s): 63, 367, Pl. 34 (fig. 18) [details]
original description (of Ophiocephalus affinis Günther, 1861) Günther, A. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. <em>London.</em> v. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. [details]
original description (of Ophicephalus karruwey Lacepède, 1801) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 551, 552 [details]
original description (of Ophicephalus punctatus Bloch, 1793) Bloch, M. E. (1793). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 7: i-xiv + 1-144, Pls. 325-360. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 10, published 1797.].
page(s): 139, Pl. 358 [details]
original description (of Ophiocephalus lata Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].].
page(s): 63, 367, Pl. 34 (fig. 18) [details]
original description (of Ophiocephalus affinis Günther, 1861) Günther, A. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. <em>London.</em> v. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. [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] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (266 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Ophiocephalus lata Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Channa punctatus (Bloch, 1793))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ophicephalus karruwey Lacepède, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ophicephalus indicus McClelland, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ophiocephalus indicus McClelland, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Ophicephalus punctatus Bloch, 1793)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ophiocephalus affinis Günther, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications) (from synonym Ophiocephalus punctatus Bloch, 1793)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Channa punctata)
To Fishbase (from synonym Ophicephalus indicus McClelland, 1842)
To Fishbase (from synonym Ophiocephalus affinis Günther, 1861)
To Fishbase (from synonym Ophiocephalus lata Hamilton, 1822)
To Fishbase (from synonym Ophicephalus punctatus Bloch, 1793)
To Fishbase (from synonym Ophicephalus karruwey Lacepède, 1801)
To Fishbase (from synonym Ophiocephalus punctatus Bloch, 1793)
To Fishbase (from synonym Channa punctatus (Bloch, 1793))
To Fishbase (from synonym Ophiocephalus karrouveri Lacepède, 1801)
To FishBase images (Channa punctata, Sri Lanka, by Ramani Shirantha)
To GenBank (504 nucleotides; 486 proteins)
To GenBank (504 nucleotides; 486 proteins) (from synonym Ophicephalus punctatus Bloch, 1793)
To GenBank (504 nucleotides; 486 proteins) (from synonym Channa punctatus (Bloch, 1793))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Ophiocephalus lata Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Channa punctatus (Bloch, 1793))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ophicephalus karruwey Lacepède, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ophicephalus indicus McClelland, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ophiocephalus indicus McClelland, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Ophicephalus punctatus Bloch, 1793)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Ophiocephalus affinis Günther, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications) (from synonym Ophiocephalus punctatus Bloch, 1793)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Channa punctata)
To Fishbase (from synonym Ophicephalus indicus McClelland, 1842)
To Fishbase (from synonym Ophiocephalus affinis Günther, 1861)
To Fishbase (from synonym Ophiocephalus lata Hamilton, 1822)
To Fishbase (from synonym Ophicephalus punctatus Bloch, 1793)
To Fishbase (from synonym Ophicephalus karruwey Lacepède, 1801)
To Fishbase (from synonym Ophiocephalus punctatus Bloch, 1793)
To Fishbase (from synonym Channa punctatus (Bloch, 1793))
To Fishbase (from synonym Ophiocephalus karrouveri Lacepède, 1801)
To FishBase images (Channa punctata, Sri Lanka, by Ramani Shirantha)
To GenBank (504 nucleotides; 486 proteins)
To GenBank (504 nucleotides; 486 proteins) (from synonym Ophicephalus punctatus Bloch, 1793)
To GenBank (504 nucleotides; 486 proteins) (from synonym Channa punctatus (Bloch, 1793))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
