Species that contain: Channa and lucius [ 7 ] records

bistriatus, Ophiocephalus Weber [M.] & de Beaufort [L. F.] 1922:322 [Fishes Indo-Australian Archipelago v. 4; ref. 4598] Sungei Manggar, Balikpapan, Borneo, Indonesia and Sarawak, Borneo, Indonesia. Syntypes: ZMA 103187 (3) and syntypes of O. bivittatus Károli. •Synonym of Channa lucius (Cuvier 1831) -- (Roberts 1989:170 [ref. 6439], Courtenay & Williams 2004:75 [ref. 27545], Tan & Ng 2005:133 [ref. 28283], Kottelat 2013:460 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Channa lucius (Cuvier 1831). Channidae. Habitat: freshwater.

bivittatus, Ophiocephalus Károli [J.] 1882:170 [Természetrajzi Füzetek, Budapest v. 5 (no. 2) (for 1881); ref. 14295] Sarawak state (in rivers), Borneo, East Malaysia. Syntypes: (6) MNSB 848 (whereabouts unknown). Not preoccupied by Ophiocephalus bivittatus Bleeker 1845, nomen nudum. •Synonym of Channa lucius (Cuvier 1831) -- (Courtenay & Williams 2004:75 [ref. 27545], Kottelat 2013:460 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Channa lucius (Cuvier 1831). Channidae. Distribution: Borneo, Malaysia. Habitat: freshwater.

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]). Current status: Valid as Channa lucius (Cuvier 1831). Channidae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Sundaland to Laos and Vietnam. Introduced in Sulawesi (Indonesia). Habitat: freshwater.

marmoratus, Ophiocephalus Brind [W. L.] 1914:11, fig'd. [Domesticated fish; ref. 21099] Singapore; Malacca, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia. Not preserved. •Synonym of Channa maculata (Lacepède 1801) -- (Courtenay & Williams 2004:77 [ref. 27545]). •Synonym of Channa lucius (Cuvier 1831) -- (Kottelat 2013:460 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Channa lucius (Cuvier 1831). Channidae. Habitat: freshwater.

polylepis, Ophicephalus Bleeker [P.] 1852:578 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 4); ref. 334] Solok, western Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Channa lucius (Cuvier 1831) -- (Roberts 1989:170 [ref. 6439], Courtenay & Williams 2004:75 [ref. 27545], Kottelat 2013:460 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Channa lucius (Cuvier 1831). Channidae. Habitat: freshwater.

siamensis, Ophiocephalus Günther [A.] 1861:476 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] Thailand. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1859.7.1.71. •Valid as Channa siamensis (Günther 1861) -- (Vierke 1991:20 [ref. 16625], Zhu 1995:186 [ref. 25213], Musikasinthorn 2000:32 [ref. 24480]). •Synonym of Channa lucius (Cuvier 1831) -- (Musikasinthorn & Taki 2001:322 [ref. 25558], Courtenay & Williams 2004:75 [ref. 27545], Kottelat 2013:460 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Channa lucius (Cuvier 1831). Channidae. Habitat: freshwater.

spiritalis, Ophicephalus Fowler [H. W.] 1904:530, Pl. 9 (lower fig.) [Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Second series. v. 12 (pt 4); ref. 1367] Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): ANSP 27664. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:42 [ref. 13621]. •Questionably a synonym of Channa pleurophthalmus (Bleeker 1851) -- (Roberts 1989:170 [ref. 6439]). •Synonym of Channa lucius (Cuvier 1831) -- (Tan & Ng 2005:133 [ref. 28283], Kottelat 2013:460 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Channa lucius (Cuvier 1831). Channidae. Habitat: freshwater.