African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

WoRMS name details

Ophicephalus Bloch, 1793

AphiaID

297289 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:297289)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted Name

Channa Scopoli, 1777

Rank

Genus

Parent

Channidae Fowler, 1934

Synonymised names

Ophiocephalus · unaccepted (misspelling)

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Species Ophicephalus indicus McClelland, 1842 accepted as Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793)
Species Ophicephalus karruwey Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793)
Species Ophicephalus planiceps Cuvier, 1831 accepted as Channa striata (Bloch, 1793)
Species Ophicephalus punctatus Bloch, 1793 accepted as Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793)
Species Ophicephalus striatus Bloch, 1793 accepted as Channa striata (Bloch, 1793)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Bloch, M. E. (1793). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 7: i-xiv + 1-144, Pls. 325-360. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 10, published 1797.]. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Ophicephalus Bloch, 1793. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=297289 on 2024-06-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-02-21 16:46:40Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2008-04-23 10:01:17Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2013-03-12 09:29:42Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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original description Bloch, M. E. (1793). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 7: i-xiv + 1-144, Pls. 325-360. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 10, published 1797.]. [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiocephalus) (from synonym Ophiocephalus)
To Genbank