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Ophiocephalus affinis Günther, 1861

AphiaID

319780 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:319780)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793)

Rank

Species

Parent

Ophiocephalus accepted as Ophicephalus Bloch, 1793 accepted as Channa Scopoli, 1777

Original name

Ophiocephalus affinis Günther, 1861

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Günther, A. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. <em>London.</em> v. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Ophiocephalus affinis Günther, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=319780 on 2026-09-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-02-28 13:41:07Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2021-08-27 06:46:32Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2023-01-10 08:56:01Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Günther, A. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. <em>London.</em> v. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

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