micropeltes, Ophicephalus Cuvier [G.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:427 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH D2318 (1, dry). Possible syntypes: RMNH D1131 (1, dry), D1132 (1, dry). Type information: Roberts 1993:41 [ref. 21799]. •Valid as Channa micropeltes (Cuvier 1831) -- (Roberts 1989:170 [ref. 6439], Vierke 1991:20 [ref. 16625], Lim et al. 1990:51 [ref. 16753], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:1018 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:166 [ref. 23448], Roberts 1993:41 [ref. 21799], Lee et al. 1994:61 [ref. 23558], Rainboth 1996:220 [ref. 22772], Kottelat 1998:116 [ref. 23436], Ng & Tan 1999:364 [ref. 24159], Fuller et al. 1999:477 [ref. 25838], Musikasinthorn 2000:32 [ref. 24480], Freyhof et al. 2000:97 [ref. 25184], Musikasinthorn & Taki 2001:320 [ref. 25558], Kottelat 2001:162 [ref. 25780], Courtenay & Williams 2004:93 [ref. 27545], Tan & Ng 2005:134 [ref. 28283], Kottelat & Widjanarti 2005:167 [ref. 28284], Benziger et al. 2011:4 [ref. 31366], Benziger et al. 2011:4 [ref. 31366], Kottelat 2013:461 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2015:48 [ref. 33971], Ng et al. 2019:536 [ref. 36606], Rüber et al. 2019:[4] [ref. 36913], Taki et al. 2021:414 [ref. 39830], Chan et al. 2023:142 [ref. 40365], Jamandre 2023:159 [ref. 40455], Mousavi-Sabet et al. 2023:35 [ref. 40667], Çiçek et al. 2024:325 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Channa micropeltes (Cuvier 1831). Channidae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Sundaland to Laos and Vietnam. Introduced in Iran, Hong Kong (China) and Philippines. Habitat: freshwater.