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Taxon: Genus Channa Scopoli, 1777 (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  L.T. Gronovius, 1763 ex J.A. Scopoli, 1777, gen. caelebs
Unavailable original name, rank & spelling:  Gronovius, L.T. 1763. Zoophyl. (fasc. 1): 135. [nom. inval.]. ≡
Original name, rank & spelling:  Scopoli, I.A. 1777. Intr. Hist. Nat.: 459 ("Gronov."). ≡
Original inclusion of species:  Bloch, M.E. & Schneider, J.G. 1801. Syst. Ichth. (Bloch): LVI ("Genus"), 496 ("Gen."). ≡

Attributes

Available genus-group name without included nominal species (gen. caelebs) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 12, 67.2.2 (<1931)] Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021. Eschmeyer's Cat. Fish.: 11 Jun 2025 ("Appeared without species").

Types

Type of: Channidae (Family) Fowler, 1934 (1831) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 440; [<28 Feb 2024]. [inferred]
Type: Channa asiatica (C. Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Ophicephalus (Genus) Bloch, 1793 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 440.
Synonymous name: Ophiocephalus (Genus) Bloch, 1793 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 21 Jan 2006.
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