Channa striata

Channa striata
Channa striata, after Bleeker, 1879
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Channidae
Genus: Channa
Species:
C. striata
Binomial name
Channa striata
(Bloch, 1793)
Distribution of Channa striata.[2]

Madagascar reports are misidentifications of C. maculata[3][4]

Synonyms[5]
  • Ophicephalus striatus Bloch, 1793
  • Channa stiata (Bloch, 1793)
  • Ophiocephalus wrahl Lacépède, 1801
  • Ophiocephalus chena Hamilton, 1822
  • Ophicephalus planiceps Cuvier, 1831
  • Ophiocephalus vagus Peters, 1868
  • Ophiocephalus philippinus Peters, 1868

Channa striata, the striped snakehead, is a species of snakehead fish. It is also known as the common snakehead, chevron snakehead, or snakehead murrel and generally referred simply as mudfish. It is native to South and Southeast Asia, and has been introduced to some Pacific Islands. Reports from Madagascar and Hawaii are misidentifications of C. maculata.[3][4]

A genetic study published in 2017 indicates that C. striata is a species complex.[6]

  1. ^ Chaudhry, S.; de Alwis Goonatilake, S.; Fernado, M.; Kotagama, O. (2019). "Channa striata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T166563A60591113. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T166563A60591113.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Courtenay Jr.; Walter R. & James D. Williams. "Snakeheads (Pisces, Channidae): A biological synopsis and risk assessment". U.S. Geological Survey.
  3. ^ a b USGS, Southeast Ecological Science Center: Channa striata. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference bishopm2004 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Channa striata" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  6. ^ Conte-Grand, C., Britz, R., Dahanukar, N., Raghavan, R., Pethi-yagoda, R., Tan, H.H., Hadiaty, R.K., Yaakob, N.S. & Rüber, L. (2017). Barcoding snakeheads (Teleostei, Channidae) re-visited: Discovering greater species diversity and resolving perpetuated taxonomic confusions. PLoS ONE, 12 (9): e0184017.

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