Species that contain: Lucius and lucius [ 37 ] records

amentus, Esox Godfrey [J., Jr.] 1945:11, 36-37 [Outdoors Oct. 1945; ref. 22862] Vermillion Lake, Ontario, Canada. Original description not seen. •Synonym of Esox masquinongy Mitchill 1824 -- (Crossman 1978:18 [ref. 6974]). •Hybrid between Esox masquinongy x Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Scott & Crossman 1998:365 [ref. 24570]). Hybrid. Esocidae: Esocinae. Habitat: freshwater.

atrox, Esox lucius var. Anikin [V. P.] 1902:109 [Izvestiya Tomskogo Imperatorslago Universiteta v. 22; ref. 19629] Ob River basin, Siberia, Russia. Holotype: ZMUT uncat. Paratypes: ZMUT uncat. •Synonym of Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Berg 1948:458 [ref. 12882], Kottelat 1997:95 [ref. 22952], Kottelat 2006:26 [ref. 28831]). Current status: Synonym of Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758. Esocidae: Esocinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

australis, Esox Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846:323 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 18; ref. 1011] Locality unknown; not Australia (see Whitley 1943:130 [ref. 4702]). Holotype (unique): MNHN B-0960. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:5 [ref. 19576]. •Synonym of Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758. Current status: Synonym of Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758. Esocidae: Esocinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

baicalensis, Esox reichertii var. Dybowski [B. N.] 1874:392 [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 24 (no. 3-4); ref. 1172] Lake Baikal basin, Russia. No types known. •Synonym of Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Berg 1948:458 [ref. 12882], Kottelat 1997:95 [ref. 22952], Sideleva 2001:47 [ref. 26181], Sideleva 2003:12 [ref. 27815], Kottelat 2006:26 [ref. 28831]). Current status: Synonym of Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758. Esocidae: Esocinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

bergi, Esox lucius Kaganowsky [A. G.] 1933:138 [4] [Vestnik Dal'nevostocnogo Filiala Akademii Nauk SSSR = Bulletin of the Far Eastern Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR 1933 (nos. 1-3); ref. 19615] Anadyr River, Siberia, Russia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Berg 1948:458 [ref. 12882], Kottelat 1997:95 [ref. 22952], Kottelat 2006:26 [ref. 28831]). Current status: Synonym of Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758. Esocidae: Esocinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

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.

boreus, Esox Agassiz [L.] 1850:317 [Lake Superior; ref. 66] Northern shores of Lake Superior. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Scott & Crossman 1998:363 [ref. 24570]). Current status: Synonym of Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758. Esocidae: Esocinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

crystallinum, Chirostoma Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1899:139, Fig. 16 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 19 [1899]; ref. 2501] Laguna de Chapala, near Ocotlan, Jalisco, Mexico. Holotype: CAS-SU 6158. Paratypes: CAS-SU 6203 (4). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:66 [ref. 12291]. •Questionably the same as Chirostoma lucius Boulenger 1900 -- (Dyer in Reis et al. 2003:519 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Chirostoma chapalae Jordan & Snyder 1899. Atherinopsidae: Menidiinae. Habitat: freshwater.

cuvieri, Xiphostoma Spix [J. B. von] & Agassiz [L.] 1829:79, Pl. 42 [Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam; ref. 13] Rivers of Brazil. Holotype (unique): MHNN 823. Type catalog: Kottelat 1984:146 [ref. 21784], Kottelat 1988:84 [ref. 13380]. •Synonym of Boulengerella lucius (Cuvier 1816) -- (Taphorn 1992:403 [ref. 23654]). •Valid as Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz 1829) -- (Vari 1995:74 [ref. 21840], Chang & Ortega 1995:3 [ref. 24302], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:252 [ref. 27061] with author as Agassiz, Barriga Salazar 2014:110 [ref. 35745], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:45 [ref. 35633] with author as Agassiz, Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:83 [ref. 35773], Silvano et al. 2020:92 [ref. 38133], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:15 [ref. 39298], Koerber et al. 2022:27 [ref. 39235], Cortés Hernández et al. 2023:456 [ref. 40760]). Current status: Valid as Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz 1829). Ctenoluciidae. Distribution: South America: Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guiana, Peru and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

depraudus, Esox Lesueur [C. A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846:336 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 18; ref. 1011] Wabash River, New Harmony, Indiana, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-0793. •Synonym of Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758. Current status: Synonym of Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758. Esocidae: Esocinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

estor, Esox Lesueur [C. A.] 1818:413 [Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia v. 1 (pt 2); ref. 17514] Lake Erie, Buffalo, New York, U.S.A. No types known. •Synonym of Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Smith 1986:251 [ref. 22186], Scott & Crossman 1998:363 [ref. 24570]). Current status: Synonym of Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758. Esocidae: Esocinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

longipinne, Xiphostoma Steindachner [F.] 1876:132 [84] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 74 (1. Abth.); ref. 4225] Mouth of Rio Negro, Brazil. Holotype (unique): NMW (not found). On p. 84 of separate. •Synonym of Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz 1829) or Boulengerella lucius (Cuvier 1816) -- (Vari 1995:74, 80 [ref. 21840]). •Questionably a synonym of Boulengerella lucius (Cuvier 1816) -- (Taphorn 1992:403 [ref. 23654]). •Synonym of Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz 1829) -- (Vari in Reis et al. 2003:252 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz 1829). Ctenoluciidae. Habitat: freshwater.

lucioides, Esox Agassiz [L.] & Girard [C. F.] in Herbert 1850:154 [Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British Provinces of North America.; ref. 17299] Lake Superior, North America. No type known. Authors are L. Agassiz and C. F. Girard. •Synonym of Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Scott & Crossman 1998:363 [ref. 24570]). Current status: Synonym of Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758. Esocidae: Esocinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

lucius, Atractosteus Duméril [A. H. A.] 1870:364 [Histoire naturelle des poissons ou ichthyologie générale v. 2; ref. 1147] Tampico, Mexico. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-1501 (1, mounted) Tampico; Faculté des Sciences de Paris (1), Mexico. Type catalog: Bertin 1940:259 [ref. 293] with MNHN 1501 as holotype. •Synonym of Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède 1803) -- (Wiley 1976:79 [ref. 7091], Grande 2010:292 [ref. 31167]). Current status: Synonym of Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède 1803). Lepisosteidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

lucius, Barbus Boulenger [G. A.] 1910:553 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 6 (no. 36); ref. 577] Lucala River at Lucala, Angola (±9°16'23"S, 15°14'42"E). Syntypes: BMNH 1911.6.1.42-43 (2), NMW 54246 (1). •Valid as Barbus lucius Boulenger 1910 -- (Lévêque & Daget 1984:262 [ref. 6186]). •Valid as Labeobarbus lucius (Boulenger 1910) -- (De Weirdt et al. 2007:515 [ref. 30024], Vreven et al. 2016:62 [ref. 34168], Skelton 2019:232 [ref. 36564]). Current status: Valid as Labeobarbus lucius (Boulenger 1910). Cyprinidae: Torinae. Distribution: West-central Africa: Congo Brazzaville and Angola. Habitat: freshwater.

lucius, Chirostoma Boulenger [G. A.] 1900:54 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 5 (no. 25) (art. 5); ref. 14717] Lake Chapala, Mexico. Syntypes: (several) BMNH 1892.2.8.77 (1). •Valid as Chirostoma lucius Boulenger 1900 -- (Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:60 [ref. 22290], Dyer in Reis et al. 2003:519 [ref. 27061], Nelson et al. 2004:98 [ref. 27807], Scharpf 2007:8 [ref. 30398], Page et al. 2013:100 [ref. 32708]). •Valid as Menidia lucius (Boulenger 1900) -- (Miller 2006:197 [ref. 28615]). •Synonym of Chirostoma chapalae Jordan & Snyder 1899 -- (Betancourt-Resendes et al. 2019:14 [ref. 37138]). Current status: Synonym of Chirostoma chapalae Jordan & Snyder 1899. Atherinopsidae: Menidiinae. Habitat: freshwater.

lucius, Coregonus Nilsson [S.] 1855:466 [Skandinavisk fauna; ref. 3205] Arkhangelsk, Russia. No types known. •Synonym of Stenodus leucichthys (Güldenstädt 1772) -- (Berg 1948:303 [ref. 12882], Svetovidov 1973:151 [ref. 7169], Reshetnikov 1998:47 [ref. 23570], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:223 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Stenodus leucichthys (Güldenstädt 1772). Salmonidae: Coregoninae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

lucius, Crenicichla Cope [E. D.] 1870:570 [Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v. 11; ref. 914] Cayapoza, Upper Río Marañon, Loreto department, Peru. Neotype: NRM 25662. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:58 [ref. 13621] as type not found. Neotype designated by Kullander 1986:116 [ref. 12439]. •Valid as Crenicichla lucius Cope 1870 -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:42 [ref. 37559], Ortega & Vari 1986:20 [ref. 9708], Kullander 1986:112 [ref. 12439], Ploeg 1991:43 [ref. 20196], Kullander 1997:285 [ref. 22746], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:629 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:118 [ref. 35745], Varella et al. 2018:384 [ref. 35777], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:28 [ref. 39298]). •Valid as Saxatilia lucius (Cope 1870) -- (Varella et al. 2023:3 [ref. 40273]). Current status: Valid as Saxatilia lucius (Cope 1870). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru. Habitat: freshwater.

lucius, Cyprinus cultratus var. Walbaum [J. J.] 1792:35 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] No locality stated. No types known. Leuciscidae: Leuciscinae. Habitat: freshwater.

lucius, Esox Linnaeus [C.] 1758:314 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Europe. Possible syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.114 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:209 [ref. 13434]. As Esox lucio in Bloch 1782:229 [ref. 19643]. •Valid as Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Herrera 1896:31 [ref. 39336], Berg 1948:458 [ref. 12882], Crossman 1978:14 [ref. 6974], Lee et al. 1980:133 [ref. 22416], Smith 1986:250 [ref. 22186], Lelek 1987:67 [ref. 22962], Robison & Buchanan 1988:144 [ref. 23393], McAllister 1990:69 [ref. 14674], Tomelleri & Eberle 1990:65 [ref. 24089], Page & Burr 1991:61 [ref. 18983], Coad 1991:20 [ref. 15702], Etnier & Starnes 1993:335 [ref. 22809], Jenkins et al. in Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:232 [ref. 21581], Ráb & Crossman 1994:1951 [ref. 22739], Baxter & Stone 1995:152 [ref. 23374], Stauffer et al. 1995:227 [ref. 23376], Coad 1995:24 [ref. 23608], Cross & Collins 1995:163 [ref. 23394], Zhu 1995:16 [ref. 25213], Mrakovcic et al. 1995:184 [ref. 23079], Chereshnev 1996:601 [ref. 24659], Coad 1996:85 [ref. 25304], Kottelat 1997:95 [ref. 22952], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:733 [ref. 24702], Coffie 1997:133 [ref. 25002], Sigler & Sigler 1996:162 [ref. 25943], Popova 1998:52 [ref. 23588], Coad 1998:103 [ref. 23869], Scott & Crossman 1998:356 [ref. 24570], Fuller et al. 1999:228 [ref. 25838], Azeroual et al. 2000:20 [ref. 25366], Lyons et al. 2000:37 [ref. 26594], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:17 [ref. 25650], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:45 [ref. 26178], Chereshnev et al. 2001:50 [ref. 26736], Pietsch et al. 2001:141 [ref. 25688], Bianco & Ketmaier 2001:194 [ref. 26728], Sideleva 2001:47 [ref. 26181], Lachance 2002:597 [ref. 26243], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:144 [ref. 25968], Moyle 2002:222 [ref. 26449], Fedorov et al. 2003:27 [ref. 27579], Sideleva 2003:12 [ref. 27815], Wydoski & Whitney 2003:111 [ref. 27816], Hanel 2003:57 [ref. 27894], Nelson et al. 2004:84 [ref. 27807], Bailey et al. 2004:138 [ref. 27882], Miller & Robison 2004:252 [ref. 27931], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:124 [ref. 28183], Grande et al. 2004:746 [ref. 28936], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:165 [ref. 28369], Hanel & Lusk 2005:297 [ref. 28804], Kottelat 2006:26 [ref. 28831], Ocock et al. 2006:55 [ref. 28933], Scharpf 2006:21 [ref. 30386], Fricke 2007:28 [ref. 30577], Fricke et al. 2007:57 [ref. 29533], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:342 [ref. 29996], McPhail 2007:210 [ref. 31199], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:168 [ref. 31251], Minckley & Marsh 2009:101 [ref. 31114], Esmaeili et al. 2010:374 [ref. 33391], Page & Burr 2011:374 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:87 [ref. 32708], Denys et al. 2014:532 [ref. 33448], Parin et al. 2014:142 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:891 [ref. 34062], Barbieri et al. 2015:79 [ref. 35029], Çiçek et al. 2015:149 [ref. 35151], Zhang et al. 2016:190 [ref. 34477], Esmaeili et al. 2017:78 [ref. 35254], Romanov et al. 2017:823 [ref. 35687], Dolgov et al. 2018:81 [ref. 41055], Esmaeili et al. 2018:58 [ref. 36089], Fricke et al. 2018:64 [ref. 35805], Ćaleta et al. 2019:174 [ref. 37026], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:252 [ref. 37108], Özuluğ & Saç 2019:27 [ref. 36599], Bayçelebi 2020:760 [ref. 37964], Çiçek & Sungur 2020:117 [ref. 38064], Çiçek et al. 2020:255 [ref. 37644], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:216 [ref. 37983], Kuljanishvili et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37535], Pozdeev et al. 2022:5 [ref. 39511], Çiçek et al. 2023:42 [ref. 40326], Çiçek et al. 2023:420 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2023:152 [ref. 40728], Nagy et al. 2023:357 [ref. 40348], Page et al. 2023:82 [ref. 40505], Çiçek et al. 2024:282 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758. Esocidae: Esocinae. Distribution: Circumpolar in Northern Hemisphere: North America, Europe, northern Asia. Widely introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

lucius, Hydrocynus Cuvier [G.] 1816:168 [Le Règne Animal; ref. 993] Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-8601 (dry). Type catalog: Bertin 1948:30 [ref. 19577]. Regarded as available from footnote. Also appeared in Cuvier 1819:359, Pl. 26 (fig. 3) [ref. 1017]. •Valid as Boulengerella lucia (Cuvier 1816) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:10 [ref. 9708], Géry et al. 1991:6 [ref. 21021]). •Valid as Boulengerella lucius (Cuvier 1816) -- (Taphorn 1992:403 [ref. 23654], Vari 1995:69 [ref. 21840], Chang & Ortega 1995:7 [ref. 24302], Planquette et al. 1996:182 [ref. 22818], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:252 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:36 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:72 [ref. 28131], Barriga Salazar 2014:110 [ref. 35745], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:45 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Boulengerella lucius (Cuvier 1816). Ctenoluciidae. Distribution: Amazon and Orinoco River basins: Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

lucius, Lucioblennius Osburn [R. C.] & Nichols [J. T.] 1916:179, Fig. 15 [Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 35 (art. 16); ref. 15062] San Josef Island, Gulf of California, Mexico. Holotype: USNM 87550 [ex AMNH 5207]. Paratypes: AMNH 21310 (1). Type catalog: Springer & Orrell 1996:7 [ref. 22274]. •Synonym of Chaenopsis alepidota (Gilbert 1890). Current status: Synonym of Chaenopsis alepidota (Gilbert 1890). Chaenopsidae. Habitat: marine.

lucius, Nothobranchius Wildekamp [R. H.], Shidlovskiy [K. M.] & Watters [B. R.] 2009:230, Figs. 8-9 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 20 (no. 3); ref. 30677] Large pool on west side of road between Ifakara and the Kilombero River ferry, 2 killometers south of Ifakara, 1 kilometer north of Kilombero River, 8°10.30'S, 36°41.54'E, Tanzania. Holotype: MRAC A7-01-P-9. Paratypes: MRAC A7-02-P-10-25 (16), 98-008-P-0007-0012 (6). Plus non-type specimens at MRAC. Costa 2017:36 [ref. 35059] reports MRAC A7-02-P-9 as holotype. •Valid as Nothobranchius lucius Wildekamp, Shidlovskiy & Watters 2009 -- (Valdesalici 2010:60 [ref. 30802], Costa 2017:36 [ref. 35059]). Current status: Valid as Nothobranchius lucius Wildekamp, Shidlovskiy & Watters 2009. Nothobranchiidae. Distribution: East Africa: Tanzania. 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.

lucius, Ptychocheilus Girard [C. F.] 1856:209 [45] [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 8; ref. 1810] Colorado River, California, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): USNM 203 (lost) (1 pharyngeal arch as #2757). Type catalog: Gilbert 1998:106 [ref. 23395]. On p. 45 of separate. •Valid as Ptychocheilus lucius Girard 1856 -- (Lee et al. 1980:348 [ref. 22416], Mayden et al. 1991:820, 833 [ref. 19123], Page & Burr 1991:68 [ref. 18983], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:20 [ref. 22290], Swift et al. 1993:117 [ref. 22379], La Rivers 1994:381 [ref. 23389], Baxter & Stone 1995:114 [ref. 23374], Sigler & Sigler 1996:109 [ref. 25943], Gilbert 1998:106 [ref. 23395], Scott & Crossman 1998:488 [ref. 24570], Moyle 2002:158 [ref. 26449], Nelson et al. 2004:77 [ref. 27807], Scharpf 2005:37 [ref. 28940], Miller 2006:138 [ref. 28615], Minckley & Marsh 2009:161 [ref. 31114], Page & Burr 2011:160 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:77 [ref. 32708], Page et al. 2023:75 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Ptychocheilus lucius Girard 1856. Leuciscidae: Laviniinae. Distribution: Western North America: U.S.A. and northern Mexico. Habitat: freshwater.

lucius, Rhamphochromis Ahl [E.] 1926:59 [Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1926; ref. 77] Langenburg, Lake Malawi [Lake Nyasa], southeastern Africa. Syntypes: (2) ZMB 32390 [? 223 and 303] •Valid as Rhamphochromis lucius Ahl 1926 -- (Eccles & Trewavas 1989:314 [ref. 13547], Maréchal 1991:423 [ref. 20944]). •Possible synonym of Rhamphochromis woodi Regan 1922 -- (Turner et al. 2004:203 [ref. 28114], Turner et al. 2004:212 [ref. 28114]). •Synonym of Rhamphochromis esox (Boulenger 1908) -- (Konings 2016:170 [ref. 34521]). Current status: Synonym of Rhamphochromis esox (Boulenger 1908). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

lucius, Saurus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1846:232, Pl. 106 (fig. 1) [Fauna Japonica Parts 10-14; ref. 4374] Shimabara, near Nagasaki, Japan. No types known. Based on a drawing and manuscript of Burger (Boeseman 1947:172 [ref. 12876]). •Status uncertain, in Synodus -- (Waples & Randall 1989:204 [ref. 9187]). Synodontidae: Synodontinae. Habitat: marine.

lugubrosus, Esox Lesueur [C. A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846:338 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 18; ref. 1011] Cumberland District, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. •Synonym of Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758. Current status: Synonym of Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758. Esocidae: Esocinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

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.

ocellatum, Xiphostoma Jardine [W.] in Schomburgk 1841:245, Pl. 23 [The Natural history of fishes of Guiana; ref. 18707] Essequibo River, Guyana. Lectotype: MNHN A-9853. Paralectotypes: (2, not found) Rio Negro and Rio Branco, Brazil. Type catalog: Bertin 1948:30 [ref. 19577]. Lectotype selected by Vari 1995:79 [ref. 21840]. •Synonym of Boulengerella lucius (Cuvier 1816) -- (Taphorn 1992:403 [ref. 23654]). •Synonym of Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz 1829) -- (Vari 1995:74 [ref. 21840], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:252 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz 1829). Ctenoluciidae. Habitat: freshwater.

ocotlane, Chirostoma Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1899:140, Fig. 18 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 19 [1899]; ref. 2501] Lake Chapala near Ocotlan, Jalisco, Mexico. Holotype: CAS-SU 6160. Paratypes: BMNH 1900.9.29.61 (1) from Jordan, CAS-SU 6202 (7). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:66 [ref. 12291]. •Questionably the same as Chirostoma lucius Boulenger 1900 -- (Dyer in Reis et al. 2003:519 [ref. 27061] as ocotlanae). Current status: Uncertain as Chirostoma chapalae Jordan & Snyder 1899. Atherinopsidae: Menidiinae. Habitat: freshwater.

oseryi, Xiphostoma Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:76, Pl. 40 (fig. 1) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Rio Tocantins, Pará, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-4233 (head and skin). •Synonym of Boulengerella lucius (Cuvier 1816) -- (Taphorn 1992:403 [ref. 23654]). •Synonym of Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz 1829) -- (Vari 1995:74 [ref. 21840], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:252 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Boulengerella cuvieri (Spix & Agassiz 1829). Ctenoluciidae. 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.

vorax, Luccius Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:68 [Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ref. 3595] Unneeded new name for "Esox lucius" Linnaeus 1758. •Synonym of Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Kottelat 1997:95 [ref. 22952], Parenti 2019:103 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Synonym of Esox lucius Linnaeus 1758. Esocidae: Esocinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.