Species details : Channa marulius (Hamilton, 1822)

Accepted scientific name:
Channa marulius (Hamilton, 1822) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Channa marulius  (Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms:
Channa marulia (Hamilton, 1822) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Channa marulia (Hamilton, 1822)
Channa marulius ara (Deraniyagala, 1945) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Channa marulius ara (Deraniyagala, 1945)
Ophicephalus grandinosus Cuvier, 1831 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophicephalus grandinosus Cuvier, 1831
Ophicephalus leucopunctatus Sykes, 1839 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophicephalus leucopunctatus Sykes, 1839
Ophicephalus marulius Hamilton, 1822 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophicephalus marulius Hamilton, 1822
Ophicephalus marulius ara Deraniyagala, 1945 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophicephalus marulius ara Deraniyagala, 1945
Ophicephalus sowara Cuvier, 1831 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophicephalus sowara Cuvier, 1831
Ophiocephalus aurolineatus Day, 1870 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophiocephalus aurolineatus Day, 1870
Ophiocephalus grandinosus Cuvier, 1831 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophiocephalus grandinosus Cuvier, 1831
Ophiocephalus marulius Hamilton, 1822 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophiocephalus marulius Hamilton, 1822
Ophiocephalus marulius ara Deraniyagala, 1945 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophiocephalus marulius ara Deraniyagala, 1945
Ophiocephalus pseudomarulius Günther, 1861 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophiocephalus pseudomarulius Günther, 1861
Ophiocephalus sowarah Cuvier, 1831 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophiocephalus sowarah Cuvier, 1831
Ophiocephalus theophrasti Valenciennes, 1840 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ophiocephalus theophrasti Valenciennes, 1840
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Ngamuporom - - India(Thobal, Nambul) Click here to show the literature
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Haal - Assamese India(Brahamaputra, Barak, Manas, Sankosh) Click here to show the literature
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Gajar - Bengali Bangladesh Click here to show the literature
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Gajar - Bengali India(Manu, Khowai, Deo, Haora, Burigang) Click here to show the literature
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Gozar - Bengali Bangladesh Click here to show the literature
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Sal - Bengali India(West Bengal) Click here to show the literature
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গজার - Bengali Bangladesh
Nga-yan-daing - Burmese Myanmar Click here to show the literature
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Kæmpe-slangehovedfisk - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature
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Bullseye snakehead - English India Click here to show the literature
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Giant snake head - English Myanmar Click here to show the literature
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Giant snakehead - English Bangladesh Click here to show the literature
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Giant snakehead - English India Click here to show the literature
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Giant snakehead - English Sri Lanka Click here to show the literature
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Great snakehead - English Thailand Click here to show the literature
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Intiankäärmeenpää - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Augenfleck-Schlangenkopf - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Pumuri - Hindi India(India) Click here to show the literature
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पुमुरी - Hindi India
Avalu - Kannada India(Karnataka State (Godavari, Krishna & Western Ghats) Click here to show the literature
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Madinji - Kannada India(Karnataka) Click here to show the literature
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ಮದಿಂಜಿ  - Kannada India
Trey raws - Khmer Cambodia Click here to show the literature
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Pa gooan - Laotian Laos(Ban Hang Khone) Click here to show the literature
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Pa kouan - Laotian Laos(Ban Hang Khone, Khong District, Champasak Province) Click here to show the literature
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Bral - Malayalam India(Kerala.) Click here to show the literature
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ചേറു മീന് - Malayalam India
ബ്രാല് - Malayalam India
巨鱧 Ju li Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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巨鳢 Ju li Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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眼鱧 - Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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眼鳢 Yan li Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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西氏鱧 Si shih li Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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西氏鳢 Xi shi li Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Kalamasa - Marathi India(Maharashtra State) Click here to show the literature
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Maral - Marathi India(Maharashtra State) Click here to show the literature
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Bhaura - Nepali Nepal Click here to show the literature
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Saul - Nepali Nepal Click here to show the literature
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Saura - Nepali Nepal Click here to show the literature
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सोरा - Nepali India
सोल - Nepali India
Kubrah - Punjabi India(Punjab) Click here to show the literature
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Sawl - Punjabi India(Punjab) Click here to show the literature
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ਕੁਬਰਾ - Punjabi India
ਸਾਵਲ - Punjabi India
Zmeegolov-maruliy - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature
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Ara - Sinhalese Sri Lanka Click here to show the literature
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Aviri - Tamil India(Tamilnadu) Click here to show the literature
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Coaree veralavuree - Tamil India(Tamil Nadu) Click here to show the literature
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Puveral - Tamil India(Tamil Nadu) Click here to show the literature
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அவிரி - Tamil India
அவீரீ - Tamil India
கோரி வராலவுரீ - Tamil India
பூவிரால் - Tamil India
Pool-a-malle - Telugu India(Andhra Pradesh) Click here to show the literature
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పూల అ మల్లి - Telugu India
Pla tjon gnoo aow - Thai Thailand
Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Perciformes FishBase
Family Channidae FishBase
Genus Channa FishBase
Distribution: Asia: India to China, south to Thailand and Cambodia (Ref. 12693) and Pakistan (Ref. 4833).
Lifezones: Freshwater
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=5144
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:27d1893c-c365-11e4-869f-239583ce8323:col20150401