Channa argus
creator: Bailly, Nicolas
date: 2026-08-27
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Channa argus (Cantor, 1842)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Channa argus (Cantor, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594763 on 2026-08-27
created: 2012-01-23T11:55:30Z
modified: 2012-01-23T11:55:30Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Channa argus (Cantor, 1842)
class: Teleostei
family: Channidae
genus: Channa
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Basilewsky, S. (1855). Ichthyographia Chinae borealis. Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou. 10: 215-263, Pls. 1-9. [Published in 1855, written in 1852 (see cover). Plates cited in text do not agree with the actual plates.].
name published in: Berg, L. S. (1909). Fishes of the Amur River basin. Zapiski Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk de St.-Petersbourg (Ser. 8). v. 24 (no. 9): 1-270, Pls. 1-3. [In Russian.].
name published in: Cantor,T. (1842). General features of Chusan, with remarks on the flora and fauna of that island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1) 9: 265-278, 360-370, 481-493.
name published in year: 1855
name published in year: 1909
name published in year: 1842
order: Anabantiformes
parent name usage ID: 268714
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: (Cantor, 1842)
specific epithet: argus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted