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Channa asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Bostrychoides oculatus Lacepède, 1801
Channa fasciata Steindachner, 1866
Channa formosana Jordan & Evermann, 1902
Channa ocellata Peters, 1864
Channa sinensis Sauvage, 1880
Gymnotus asiaticus Linnaeus, 1758
Notopterus squamosus Lacepède, 1800
Ophicephalus iris Cuvier, 1831
Ophicephalus miliaris Cuvier, 1831
Ophicephalus puticola Richardson, 1846
Homonyms
Channa asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Asiatischer Schlangenkopffisch in German
Chinafish in English
Chinafish in English
Chinese snakehead in English
Chinese snakehead in English
Cá trèo đồi in Vietnamese
Kotai in Japanese
Lille slangehovedfisk in Danish
Small snakehead in English
Small snakehead in English
hadohlavec asijský in Czech
snakehead in English
snakehead in English
Змееголов азиатский in Russian
コウタイ in Japanese
七星鱧 in Chinese
月鱧 in Chinese
鮕鮘 in Chinese
Small snakehead in English
コウタイ in Japanese

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. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  4. 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
  5. 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.
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