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Channa marulius (Hamilton, 1822)

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Actinopterygii
order
Perciformes
family
Channidae
genus
Channa
species
Channa marulius

Name

Synonyms
Channa marulia (Hamilton, 1822)
Channa marulius ara (Deraniyagala, 1945)
Channa pseudomarulius (Günther, 1861)
Channa theophrasti (Valenciennes, 1840)
Ophicephalus grandinosus Cuvier, 1831
Ophicephalus leucopunctatus Sykes, 1839
Ophicephalus marulius Hamilton, 1822
Ophicephalus marulius ara Deraniyagala, 1945
Ophicephalus sowara Cuvier, 1831
Ophiocephalus aurolineatus Day, 1870
Ophiocephalus grandinosus Cuvier, 1831
Ophiocephalus marulius Hamilton, 1822
Ophiocephalus marulius ara Deraniyagala, 1945
Ophiocephalus pseudomarulius Günther, 1861
Ophiocephalus sowarah Cuvier, 1831
Ophiocephalus theophrasti Valenciennes, 1840
Homonyms
Channa marulius (Hamilton, 1822)
Common names
Ara in Sinhalese
Augenfleck-Schlangenkopf in language.
Augenfleck-Schlangenkopf in German
Avalu in Kannada
Aviri in Tamil
Aviu in Kannada
Bhaura in Nepali
Bohr in Hindi
Bral in Malayalam
Bullseye snakehead in English
Bullseye snakehead in English
Bullseye snakehead in Spanish
Chaeru veraal in Malayalam
Coaree veralavuree in Tamil
Curuva in Malayalam
Dowlah in Punjabi
Gajal in Bengali
Gajar in Bengali
Gajar in Bengali
Giant snake head in English
Giant snakehead in English
Giant snakehead in English
Giant snakehead in English
Gozar in Bengali
Great snakehead in English
Great snakehead in English
Haal in Assamese
Hiid-madupea in Estonian
Hoovina-mural in Kannada
Indian snakehead in language.
Intiankäärmeenpää in Finnish
Iru viral in Tamil
Kalamasa in Marathi
Kubrah in Punjabi
Kæmpe-slangehovedfisk in Danish
Madinji in Kannada
Maral in Marathi
Nga-yan-daing in Burmese
Ngamuporom in language.
Pa gooan in language.
Pa kouan in language.
Pba gooa in language.
Phool-mural in Telugu
Phoola-chapa in Telugu
Pla tjon gnoo aow in Thai
Pool-a-malle in Telugu
Poomenu in Telugu
Pumuri in Hindi
Pumurl in Hindi
Puveral in Tamil

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  3. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  4. US Geological Survey Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Program (2017cb), https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/factsheet.aspx?SpeciesID=2266
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