Synonyms: Ophicephalus punctatus Bloch, 1794, Nat. Ausland.Fische. 7, p.388. Ophiocephalus punctatus Day, 1878, Fishes of India. p.367. Ophicephalus punctatus Shaw and Shebbeare, 1937, Fishes of Northern Bangal. p.123. Ophicephalus punctatus Bhuiyan, 1964, Fishes of Dacca. p.95. Common name: Spotted snakehead
Great snakehead, Channa marulius (Hamilton, 1822)
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