malaccensis, Ophiocephalus guachua var. Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1868:262 [Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1868; ref. 3442] Songei Kranjei, north of Singapore. Syntypes: ZMB 5152 (2). Type catalog: Paepke 1993:257 [ref. 21846]. •Synonym of Channa orientalis (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Menon 1999:275 [ref. 24904]). •Synonym of Channa gachua (Hamilton 1822) -- (Ng et al. 1999:57 [ref. 24286], Courtenay & Williams 2004:70 [ref. 27545], Kottelat 2013:460 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2013:460 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Channa limbata (Cuvier 1831) -- (Praveenraj et al. 2018:11 [ref. 36419]). Current status: Synonym of Channa limbata (Cuvier 1831). Channidae. Habitat: freshwater.