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Forest Snakehead
Channa lucius (Cuvier, 1831)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes »  order Anabantiformes »  family Channidae - snakeheads »  genus Channa - Asian Snakeheads

Scientific synonyms

Ophicephalus lucius Cuvier, 1831
Ophiocephalus lucius Cuvier, 1831
Channa lucia (Cuvier, 1831)
Ophiocephalus bistriatus Weber & de Beaufort, 1922
Ophicephalus polylepis Bleeker, 1852
Ophiocephalus siamensis Günther, 1861
Channa siamensis (Günther, 1861)

Other names

= Bujuk

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IUCN category 2024-1:
Least Concern LC

Images

Channa lucius - Forest Snakehead

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Channa lucius - Forest Snakehead

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Channa lucius - Forest Snakehead

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Channa lucius - Forest Snakehead

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Channa lucius - Forest Snakehead

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Channa lucius - Forest Snakehead

Author: B. Kao

Channa lucius - Forest Snakehead

Author: B. Kao

Links and literature

CH DE EN FR IT NL PR SP FishBase [16137]

Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]
CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication 2025 [species/12699]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2001-2025): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Channa lucius (Cuvier, 1831)]
Data retrieved on: 25 March 2025
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [180831]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Channa lucius (Cuvier, 1831)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
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