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Channa maculata (Lacepède, 1801)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Channidae
genus
Channa
species
Channa maculata

Name

Synonyms
Bostrychus maculatus Lacepède, 1801
Ophicephalus aspilotus Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874
Ophicephalus guntheri Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874
Ophicephalus jovis Richardson, 1846
Ophicephalus tadianus Jordan & Evermann, 1902
Ophiocephalus maculatus (Lacepède, 1801)
Homonyms
Channa maculata (Lacepède, 1801)
Common names
Blotched snakehead in English
Blotched snakehead in English
snakehead mullet in English
Blotched snakehead in English
Cabeza de Serpiente Cabrío in Spanish
Cá Chuối Hoa in Vietnamese
Ikan Gabus in Indonesian
Pa Kaw in Lao
Pa Kho in Lao
Quergestreifter Schlangenkopf in German
Snakehead in English
Taiwan-dojô in Japanese
Tête de Serpent Strié in French
मोरूल in Hindi
ปลาช่อน in Thai
鱧魚 in Chinese

Bibliographic References

  1. Courtenay, Walter R., Jr., and James D. Williams, 2004: Snakeheads (Pisces, Channidae): a biological synopsis and risk assesment. Circular 1251. v + 143.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  3. 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). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  4. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  5. US Geological Survey Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Program (2017), https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/SpeciesList.aspx?group=&state=HI&Sortby=1
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