pseudomarulius, Ophiocephalus Günther [A.] 1861:478 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] East Indian continent. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1857.6.13.123 [ex Zool. Soc.]. •Synonym of Channa marulius (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1999:274 [ref. 24904], Courtenay & Williams 2004:83 [ref. 27545], Kottelat 2013:461 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Channa pseudomarulius (Günther 1861) -- (Britz et al. 2017:532 [ref. 35498], Adamson & Britz 2018:545 [ref. 36282], Adamson et al. 2019:406 [ref. 36613], Rüber et al. 2019:[5] [ref. 36913]). Current status: Valid as Channa pseudomarulius (Günther 1861). Channidae. Distribution: Southern Western Ghats, peninsular India. Habitat: freshwater.