Channa argus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Channoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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 argus
Subspecies: C. a. argus – C. a. warpachowskii

Name

Channa argus (Cantor, 1842)

Type locality: Chusan Island, China

Syntypes: BMNH 1843.7.21.3 (1), 1860.3.10 [or 19].11-12 (2).

Synonyms

Ophicephalus argus Cantor, 1842
Ophicephalus pekinensis Basilewsky, 1855
Ophiocephalus warpachowskii Berg, 1909
Ophicephalus argus warpachowskii Berg, 1909

References

Cantor, T.E. 1842. General features of Chusan, with remarks on the flora and fauna of that island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (New Series) v. 9 (nos 58, 59, 60): 265–278, 361–370, 481–493. BHL Reference page.
Basilewsky, S. 1855. Ichthyographia Chinae borealis. Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou 10: 215–263, Pls. 1–9. BHL Reference page.
Berg, L.S. 1909. Fishes of the Amur River basin. Zapiski Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk de St.-Petersbourg (Ser. 8) 24(9): 1–270, Pls. 1–3. (Russian) Reference page.

Links

Ophicephalus argus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on April 28, 2017.
Channa argus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Channa argus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

čeština: Hadohlavec skvrnitý
English: Northern snakehead
eesti: Tähniline madupea
italiano: Pesce testa di serpente
日本語: カムルチー
한국어: 가물치
polski: Wężogłów
ไทย: ปลาช่อนเหนือ, ปลาช่อนอากัส, ปลาช่อนจีนลายจุด
中文: 烏鱧, 黑鱼, 才鱼, 财鱼, 蛇皮鱼, 食人鱼, 火头, 乌鱼, 黑乌鳢

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