Channa orientalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Channoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Anabantaria Ordo: Anabantiformes Subordo: Channoidei

Familia: Channidae
Genus: Channa
Species: Channa orientalis

Name

Channa orientalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Based on Gronow, 1763: pl. 9, fig. 1.
No types known (Holotype: specimen figured by Gronow, 1763).
Type locality: "India orientali" [East Indies]. Probably southwestern Sri Lanka.
Type catalog: Paepke, 1993:255

References

Bloch, M.E. & Schneider, J.G. 1801. M.E. Blochii, Systema ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. i–lx + 1–584, Pls. 1–110. BHL Reference page. [see pp. 496-497]. pl. 90, fig. 2
Courtenay, W.R., Jr. & Williams, J.D., 2004. Snakeheads (Pisces, Channidae) -- a biological synopsis and risk assessment. Circular, U. S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey No. 1251: i-v + 1-143 [see pp. 101-104].
Gronow, L.T. 1763. Zoophylacii Gronoviani fasciculus primus exhibens animalia quadrupeda, amphibia atque pisces, quae in museo suo adservat, rite examinavit, systematice disposuit, descripsit atque iconibus illustravit Laur. Theod. Gronovius, J.U.D.... Lugduni Batavorum. 1-136 [see pl. 9, fig. 1]
Karrer, C., Whitehead, P.J.P. & Paepke, H.-J. 1994. Bloch & Schneider's Systema Ichthyologiae, 1801: History and Autorship [sic] of fish names. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin v. 70
Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 27: 1–663. PDF. Reference page. [see pp. 459-460].
Paepke, H.-J. 1993. Kritischer Katalog der Typen der Fischsammlung des Zoologischen Museums Berlin. Teil 5: Channoidei. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin v. 69 (no. 2): 255-259.
Perera, W.P.N., Perera S.J., Walpita C.N., Kodithuwakku S., Perera L.V. & Gunawardane A. 2020. Snakeheads of Sri Lanka: A Taxonomic and Biogeographic Review. The Journal of Agricultural Sciences -- Sri Lanka v. 15 (no. 3): 411-425.

Links

Channa orientalis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on February 07, 2025.
IUCN: Channa orientalis (Vulnerable)

Vernacular names

English: ceylon snakehead
ไทย: ปลาช่อนออเรียนตาลิส, ปลาก้างศรีลังกา