Scientific synonyms
Ophicephalus striatus Bloch, 1793
Ophiocephalus striatus Bloch, 1793
Channa striatus (Bloch, 1793)
Ophiocephalus chena Hamilton, 1822
Ophiocephalus philippinus Peters, 1869
Ophiocephalus planiceps Cuvier, 1831
Ophicephalus planiceps Cuvier, 1831
Ophiocephalus vagus Peters, 1869
Ophiocephalus wrahl Lacépède, 1801
Other names
= Aruan
= Chevron Snakehead
= Murrel
= Striated Snakehead
= Striped snakehead