Species that contain: Channa and marulius [ 8 ] records

ara, Ophiocephalus marulius Deraniyagala [P. E. P.] 1945:95 [Spolia Zeylanica v. 24 (pt 2); ref. 13082] Mahaweli River basin, Angammedilla, Sri Lamka, 7°51'14"N, 80°54'25"E, elevation 81 meters [Sri Lanka]. Neotype: NMSL 2020.02.01. Type information: Pethiyagoda 1991:336 [ref. 20075]. Original genus should have been spelled Ophicephalus. Neotype designated by Sudasinghe et al. 2020:120 [ref. 37353]. •Synonym of Channa marulius (Hamilton 1822) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:1017 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:274 [ref. 24904] as Chana, Courtenay & Williams 2004:83 [ref. 27545], Kottelat 2013:461 [ref. 32989], Adamson & Britz 2018:549 [ref. 36282]). •Valid as Channa ara (Deraniyagala 1945) -- (Perera et al. 2020:414 [ref. 37771], Sudasinghe et al. 2020:116 [ref. 37353]). Current status: Valid as Channa ara (Deraniyagala 1945). Channidae. Distribution: South Asia: Mahaweli River system (Sri Lanka) endemic. Habitat: freshwater.

aurolineatus, Ophiocephalus Day [F.] 1870:99 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870 (pt 1) (art. 3) (for 10 Feb. 1870); ref. 17370] Moulmein, Myanmar. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1889.2.1.3804. Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:158 [ref. 23762], Adamson & Britz 2018:549 [ref. 36282]. •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 aurolineata (Day 1870) -- (Adamson & Britz 2018:545 [ref. 36282], Adamson et al. 2019:406 [ref. 36613], Rüber et al. 2019:[3] [ref. 36913], Page et al. 2023:127 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Channa aurolineata (Day 1870). Channidae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Myanmar and western Thailand: Chindwin-Ayeyarwaddy (Irrawaddy), Sittaung (Sittang) and Thanlwin (Salween) river basins, introduced in southern Florida. Habitat: freshwater.

grandinosus, Ophicephalus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:434, Pl. 203 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Mysore, India. Lectotype: MNHN A-1959. Type catalog: Blanc 1963:76 [ref. 19851] as holotype. Lectotype selected by Britz et al. 2017:538 [ref. 35498]. Dussumier's Canton painting pictures Channa asiatica (Linnaeus 1758). •Synonym of Channa marulius (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1999:273 [ref. 24904], Courtenay & Williams 2004:83 [ref. 27545], Britz et al. 2017:538 [ref. 35498] Adamson et al. 2019:407 [ref. 36613]). Current status: Synonym of Channa marulius (Hamilton 1822). Channidae. Habitat: freshwater.

leucopunctatus, Ophicephalus Sykes [W. H.] 1839:158 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1838 (pt 6) (for 27 Nov. 1838); ref. 18720] Deccan, India. No types known. Appeared first as above, then in Sykes 1839:55 [ref. 4306]; more complete treatment in Sykes 1841:352, Pl. 60 (fig. 3) [ref. 18868]. •Synonym of Channa marulius (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1999:273 [ref. 24904], Courtenay & Williams 2004:83 [ref. 27545], Kottelat 2013:461 [ref. 32989], Britz et al. 2017:541 [ref. 35498]). Current status: Synonym of Channa marulius (Hamilton 1822). Channidae. Habitat: freshwater.

marulius, Ophicephalus Hamilton [F.] 1822:65, 367, Pl. 17 (fig. 19) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] India. No types known. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 41 [ref. 37532]. •Valid as Ophicephalus marulius Hamilton 1822 -- (Vu & Nguyen 1997:27 [ref. 26438]). •Valid as Channa marulius (Hamilton 1822) -- (Shrestha 1978:40 [ref. 15970], Ataur Rahman 1989:66 [ref. 24860], Pethiyagoda 1991:279 [ref. 20075], Vierke 1991:20 [ref. 16625] as marulia, Talwar & Jhingran 1991:1017 [ref. 20764], Dhanze & Sen 1993:47 [ref. 24018], Sen 1995:593 [ref. 23778], Rainboth 1996:219 [ref. 22772], Zacharias et al. 1996:41 [ref. 25526], Banik & Choudhury 1996:579 [ref. 24736], Musikasinthorn 1998:360 [ref. 23624], Manimekalan 1998:441 [ref. 24989], Musikasinthorn 2000:35 [ref. 24480], Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:159 [ref. 24759], Menon 1999:273 [ref. 24904], Rafique 2000:326 [ref. 25220] as marulia, Raju Thomas et al. 2000:444 [ref. 25319], Karmakar 2000:35 [ref. 25662], Arunachalam et al. 2001:129 [ref. 25692], Kottelat 2001:162 [ref. 25780] as aff. marulius, Raju Thomas et al. 2002:51 [ref. 26359], Rafique et al. 2003:98 [ref. 27173], Mirza 2003:22 [ref. 27265] as marulia, Ataur Rahman 2003:81 [ref. 31338], Courtenay & Williams 2004:83 [ref. 27545], Yadav 2003:25 [ref. 27711] as maruliues, Nelson et al. 2004:178 [ref. 27807], Shrestha 2008:232 [ref. 29923], Vishwanath & Geetakumari 2009:101 [ref. 30105], Scharpf 2009:15 [ref. 30400], Page & Burr 2011:616 [ref. 31215], Benziger et al. 2011:2 [ref. 31366], Page et al. 2013:184 [ref. 32708], Kottelat 2013:461 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2015:48 [ref. 33971] as aff. marulius, Lalhlimpuia et al. 2016:349 [ref. 34637], Gurumayum & Tamang 2016:183 [ref. 35232], Lalramliana et al. 2018:167 [ref. 36027], Robins et al. 2018:420 [ref. 35886], Adamson & Britz 2018:549 [ref. 36282], Dey et al. 2019:502 [ref. 36484], Suresh et al. 2018:311 [ref. 36495], Adamson et al. 2019:406 [ref. 36613], Dey et al. 2019:302 [ref. 36760], Rüber et al. 2019:[4] [ref. 36913], Perera et al. 2020:414 [ref. 37771], Sudasinghe et al. 2020:116 [ref. 37353], Tudu et al. 2022:44 [ref. 40484]). Current status: Valid as Channa marulius (Hamilton 1822). Channidae. Distribution: South Asia: Pakistan, India and northern Sri Lanka, to western Myanmar. Introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater.

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.

sowara, Ophicephalus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:426 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Lake Ankapilla, India. No types known. Spelled sowarah by Bleeker 1845. •Synonym of Channa marulius (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1999:273 [ref. 24904] as Ophiocephalus sowarah, Courtenay & Williams 2004:83 [ref. 27545], Kottelat 2013:461 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Channa marulius (Hamilton 1822). Channidae. Habitat: freshwater.

theophrasti, Ophiocephalus Valenciennes [A.] in Jacquemont 1838:no p., Pl. 13 (figs. 1-1a) [Voyage dans l'Inde pendant les années 1828 à 1832; ref. 17872] Mumbai, India. Holotype: MNHN A-0668. Type catalog: Blanc 1963:77 [ref. 19851]. Type information: Daget 1984:515 [ref. 23265]. Plate 13 dates to 1838, see Britz et al. 2017:540 [ref. 35498]. •Valid as Channa theophrasti (Valenciennes 1838) -- (Daget 1984:515 [ref. 23265]). •Synonym of Channa marulius (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1999:273 [ref. 24904], Courtenay & Williams 2004:83 [ref. 27545], Kottelat 2013:461 [ref. 32989] with question, Britz et al. 2017:529 [ref. 35498]). Current status: Synonym of Channa marulius (Hamilton 1822). Channidae. Habitat: freshwater.