aurantimaculata, Channa Musikasinthorn [P.] 2000:27, Figs. 1-3 [Ichthyological Research v. 47 (no. 1); ref. 24480] Market at Dibrugarh town, Dibrugarh, Assam, India. Holotype: KUMF 3135. Paratypes: KUMF 3136 (1), NSMT-P 55735 (1, dissected), ZSI FF 4053 (1). •Valid as Channa aurantimaculata Musikasinthorn 2000 -- (Courtenay & Williams 2004:55 [ref. 27545], Vishwanath & Geetakumari 2009:98 [ref. 30105], Benziger et al. 2011:2 [ref. 31366], Knight 2016:8588 [ref. 34348], Gurumayum & Tamang 2016:183 [ref. 35232], Praveenraj et al. 2018:150 [ref. 36434], Dey et al. 2019:502 [ref. 36484], Dey et al. 2019:302 [ref. 36760], Rüber et al. 2019:[3] [ref. 36913], Chakraborty et al. 2020:107 [ref. 37332], Praveenraj et al. 2020:946 [ref. 38037]). Current status: Valid as Channa aurantimaculata Musikasinthorn 2000. Channidae. Distribution: South Asia: northern Assam, India. Habitat: freshwater.