pekinensis, Ophicephalus Basilewsky [S.] 1855:225, Pl. 9 (fig. 3) [Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou v. 10; ref. 200] China rivers. Holotype or syntypes: ZIN 5343 (1). •Synonym of Ophiocephalus argus Cantor 1842 -- (Berg 1949:1005 [ref. 20662]). •Synonym of Ophicephalus argus Cantor 1842 -- (Okada 1961:747 [ref. 6363]). •Synonym of Channa argus (Cantor 1842) -- (Reshetnikov 1998:148 [ref. 23570], Courtenay & Williams 2004:45 [ref. 27545], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:239 [ref. 28183], Bogutskaya et al. 2008:354 [ref. 30085], Parin et al. 2014:521 [ref. 33547]). •Synonym of Channa argus (Cantor 1842), but a valid subspecies -- (Bogutskaya & Naseka 1996:56 [ref. 22798]). •Not treated in Zhang et al. 2016:209 [ref. 34477]. Current status: Synonym of Channa argus (Cantor 1842). Channidae. Habitat: freshwater.