marginatus, Ophicephalus Cuvier [G.] 1829:230 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Vizagapattam, India. No types known. Non-types: MNHN 0000-2247 (4) Java, 0000-2248 (1) Indian seas, A-0395 (1) Coromandel, A-0396 (1) Java. Type catalog: Blanc 1963:76-77 [ref. 19851]. Type information: Roberts 1993:38 [ref. 21799], Kottelat 2000:95 [ref. 25864]. Available from footnote, as "O. marginatus, N., ou O. gachua, Buch. ? pl. xxi, f. 21, ou Cora motta, Russel, II, pl. 164." See also Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:411 [ref. 4881]. •Synonym of Channa orientalis (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Menon 1999:275 [ref. 24904]). •Synonym of Channa gachua (Hamilton 1822) -- (Roberts 1993:40 [ref. 21799], Ng et al. 1999:57 [ref. 24286], Courtenay & Williams 2004:69 [ref. 27545], Kottelat 2013:459 [ref. 32989], Knight 2016:8589 [ref. 34348], Lalramliana et al. 2018:174 [ref. 36027], Praveenraj et al. 2018:8 [ref. 36419], Praveenraj et al. 2019:66 [ref. 36501], Britz et al. 2019:598 [ref. 37016], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:250 [ref. 37983], Çiçek et al. 2024:325 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Channa gachua (Hamilton 1822). Channidae. Habitat: freshwater.