lucius, Ophicephalus Cuvier [G.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:416 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Java, Indonesia; sea of Indies. Syntypes: RMNH 1138 (1), 1120 (1); MNHN. Type information: Roberts 1993:40 [ref. 21799]. •Valid as Channa lucius (Cuvier 1831) -- (Roberts 1989:168 [ref. 6439], Lim et al. 1990:51 [ref. 16753], Vierke 1991:20 [ref. 16625] as lucia, Ng & Lim 1991:128 [ref. 18920], Roberts 1993:40 [ref. 21799], Kottelat et al. 1993:165 [ref. 23448], Lee et al. 1994:61 [ref. 23558], Kottelat & Lim 1996:249 [ref. 23210], Rainboth 1996:219 [ref. 22772], Ng & Tan 1999:364 [ref. 24159], Musikasinthorn 2000:32 [ref. 24480], Doi et al. 2001:17 [ref. 25691], Kottelat 2001:162 [ref. 25780], Courtenay & Williams 2004:75 [ref. 27545], Tan & Lim 2004:111 [ref. 27716], Grinang & Lim 2004:293 [ref. 28551], Tan & Ng 2005:133 [ref. 28283], Kottelat & Widjanarti 2005:167 [ref. 28284], Parenti & Lim 2005:195 [ref. 28285], Benziger et al. 2011:4 [ref. 31366], Kottelat 2013:460 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:207 [ref. 34464], Miesen et al. 2016:96 [ref. 34492], Zhang et al. 2016:209 [ref. 34477], Sulaiman et al. 2018:38 [ref. 35802], Ng et al. 2019:535 [ref. 36606], Rüber et al. 2019:[4] [ref. 36913], Fu et al. 2021:9573 [ref. 39347], Taki et al. 2021:414 [ref. 39830], Ahmad et al. 2023:131 [ref. 41243]). Current status: Valid as Channa lucius (Cuvier 1831). Channidae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Sundaland to Laos and Vietnam. Introduced in Sulawesi (Indonesia). Habitat: freshwater.