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Channa orientalis  Bloch and Schneider, 1801
Taxonomic Serial No.: 166675

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Channa indica Gronow, 1854
  
  Common Name(s): Sri Lanka smooth-breasted snakefish [English]
  
    Ceylon snakehead [English]
  
    smooth-breasted snakefish [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderChannoidei   
                                  FamilyChannidae Fowler, 1934 – snakeheads, cabezas de serpiente, têtes-de-serpent  
                                     GenusChanna Scopoli, 1777 – Asian snakeheads  
                                        SpeciesChanna orientalis Bloch and Schneider, 1801 – Sri Lanka smooth-breasted snakefish, Ceylon snakehead, smooth-breasted snakefish  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Channa orientalis   
       
  Source: Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes, 02-May-2022, website (version 02-May-22)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & van der Laan, R. (eds) 2022. ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: GENERA, SPECIES, REFERENCES. (https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 05 May 2022   
  Reference for: Channa orientalis   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Channa orientalis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bloch, M. E., and J. G. Schneider  
  Publication Date: 1801   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae Iconibus cx Ilustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo   
  Page(s): lx + 584   
  Publisher: Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum   
  Publication Place: Berolini   
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  Notes: Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5475805   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Courtenay, Walter R., Jr., and James D. Williams  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Snakeheads (Pisces, Channidae): a biological synopsis and risk assesment   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Circular 1251   
  Page(s): v + 143   
  Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey   
  Publication Place: Reston, Virgina, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 060793720   
  Notes: doi: 10.3133/cir1251   
  Reference for: Channa orientalis, Ceylon snakehead [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Perera, W. P. Naalin, Sandun J. Perera, Chaminda N. Walpita, Suranga Kodithuwakku et al.  
  Publication Date: 2020   
  Article/Chapter Title: Snakeheads of Sri Lanka: a taxonomic and biogeographic review   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Agricultural Sciences -- Sri Lanka, vol. 15, no. 3   
  Page(s): 411-425   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 2386-1363   
  Notes: doi: 10.4038/jas.v15i3.9032   
  Reference for: Channa orientalis, Sri Lanka smooth-breasted snakefish [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
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  Reference for: Channa orientalis, smooth-breasted snakefish [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
       
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