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Channa ALL SPECIES
PROHIBITED SPECIES - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The genus Channa has been known to science for hundreds of years. It was very popular as a staple food until a few years ago. Being prolific it was imported from its native range into other countries as a food item. However, little did the governments that allowed this introduction realize what a destructive pest this fish would be. The United States allowed importation of this species to fish farms and some escaped causing problems to native fishes. Today, under federal law, the species is prohibited to possess or import, even for the aquarium trade.
VALID SPECIES LIST
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Channa amphibeus McClelland 1845 Southern Asia: native to ne. India and Bhutan.
Channa barca Hamilton 1822 India and Bangladesh.
Channa harcourtbutleri Annandale 1918 Myanmar.
Channa melanoptera Bleeker 1855 Indonesia.
Channa panaw Musikasinthorn 1998 Myanmar.
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Channa argus Cantor 1842 Native range: China, Korea and Russia; introduced elsewhere.
Channa bleheri Vierke 1991 India.
Channa lucius Cuvier 1831 Southeastern Asia
Channa melasoma Bleeker 1851 Native range: Malaysia and Indonesia; introduced elsewhere.
Channa pleurophthalma Bleeker 1851 Indonesia.
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Channa asiatica Linnaeus 1758 China; introduced elsewhere.
Channa burmanica Chaudhuri 1919 Myanmar
Channa maculata Lacepède 1801 Singapore and Malaysia.
Channa micropeltes Cuvier 1831 Southeastern Asia.
Channa punctata Bloch 1793 Southern Asia: Afganistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and China; introduced elsewhere |
Channa bankanensis Bleeker 1852 Indonesia and Malaysia.
Channa cyanospilos Bleeker 1853 Indonesia and Malaysia.
Channa marulioides Bleeker 1851 Indonesia and Malaysia.
Channa nox Zhang, Musikasinthorn & Watanabe 2002 Only from near Hepu, Guangxi, China.
Channa stewartii Playfair 1867 India, Bangladesh, and Nepal |
Channa baramensis Steindachner 1901 Malaysia.
Channa gachua Hamilton 1822 Southern and se. Asia: Afganistan and Iran to China and Malaysia and Indonesia.
Channa marulius Hamilton 1822 Southern and SE. Asia: Pakistan to S. China, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam; introduced elsewhere.
Channa orientalis Bloch & Schneider 1801 Southern and SE. Asia
Channa striata Bloch 1793 Southern Asia: Native range Pakistan to China, Thailand, Malayasia and Indonesia; introduced elsewhere. |
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Cantor, T. E. 1842 (for June, July, Aug.) General features of Chusan, with remarks on the flora and fauna of that island. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (N. S.) v. 9 (nos. 58, 59, 60): 265-278, 361-370, 481-493. [Pisces, pp. 484-493.]
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Wang, S.-A., Z.-M. Wang, G.-L. Li, Y.-P. Cao et al. 2001 The fauna of Hebei, China. Pisces. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House. Fauna Hebei 2001: 1-366. [In Chinese.]
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Vierke, J. 1991 (Jan.) Ein farbenfroher neuer Schlangenkopffisch aus Assam: Channa bleheri spec. nov. Das Aquarium v. 25 (no. 259): 20-24.
Pan, J.-H., L. Zhong, C.-Y. Zheng, H.-L. Wu and J.-H. Liu (eds) 1991 The freshwater fishes of Guangdong Province. Guangdong Science and Technology Press. frontmatter + 1-589. [Accounts authored by various authors.]
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Zhu, S.-Q. 1995 Synopsis of freshwater fishes of China. Syn. Freshw. Fishes China: i-v + 1-549. [In Chinese; English summ.]
Bogutskaya, N. G. and A. M. Naseka 1996 Cyclostomata and fishes of Khanka Lake drainage area (Amur Riber Basin) an annotated check-list with comments on taxonomy and zoogeography of the region. GosNIORKu and Zin Ran. St. Petersburg. Fish. Khanka Lake: 1-89.
Kim, I.-S. 1997 Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna and flora of Korea. Vol. 37. Freshwater fishes. Ministry of Education. 1-629, 49 col. pls. [In Korean; English summ.]
Reshetnikov, Yu. S., N. G. Bogutskaya, D. E. Vasil'eva, E. A. Dorofeyeva, A. M. Naseka, et al. 1997 An annotated check-List of the freshwater fishes of Russia. Voprosy Ikhtiol. v. 37 (no. 6): 723-771. [In Russian. English transl. in J. Ichthyol. v. 37 (no. 9):687-736.]
Chen, Y.-Y. 1998 (Editor) The fishes of the Hengduan Mountains region. The series of the scientific expedition to the Hengduan Mountains of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. Fishes Hengduan Mountains: 1-364.
Reshetnikov, Yu. S. 1998 Various family accounts. In: Annotated Check-List of Cyclotomata and Fishes of the continal waters of Russia. Nauka Publishers, Moscow.
Nakabo, T. 2000 (Ed.) Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species. Second edition. Tokai University Press. Fish. Japan Pict. Keys Species v. 2: i-vii + 867-1748. [In Japanese.]
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Matsuura, K., A. Doi and G. Shinohara 2000 Distribution of Freshwater Fishes in Japan. Supplement to Catalog of the Freshwater Fish Collection in the National Science Museum, Tokyo. National Science Museum, Tokyo. Distribution of Freshwater Fishes in Japan.: i-x + 1-256.
Bogutskaya, N. G., A. M. Naseka and A. M. Komlev 2001 Freshwater fishes of Russia: preliminary results of the fauna revision. Proc. Zool. Inst. Russ. Acad. Sci. v. 289: 39-50.
Tang, W.-Q., Y.-Y. Chen and H.-L. Wu 2001 (Mar.) Fish species diversity of Wulin Mountains region and its zoogeographic analyses.
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Kim, I.-S. and J.-Y. Park 2002 Freshwater fishes of Korea. Freshwater Fishes Korea 2002: 1-465.
Nakabo, T. 2002 (Ed.) Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species, English edition. Tokai University Press. Fish. Japan Pict. Keys Species v. 2: i-vii + 867-1749. [This edition has some nomenclatural changes from the 2000 Japanese edition.]
Youn, C.-H. 2002 Fishes of Korea, with pictorial key and systematic list. Fishes Korea 2002: 1-747.
Courtenay, W. R., Jr., J. D. Williams, R. Britz, M. N. Yamamoto and P. V. Loiselle 2004 (10 Feb.) Identity of introduced snakeheads (Pisces, Channidae) in Hawaii'i and Madagascar, with comments on ecological concerns. Occ. Papers Bishop Museum No. 77: 1-13.
Bogutskaya, N. G. and A. M. Naseka 2004 Catalogue of agnathans and fishes of fresh and brackish waters of Russia with comments on nomenclature and taxonomy. Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Fishes Russia: 1-389. [In Russian.]
Annandale, N. 1918 (9 May) Fish and fisheries of the Inlé Lake. Rec. Indian Mus. (Calcutta) v. 14: 33-64, Pls. 1-7.
Bleeker, P. 1851 Vijfde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Borneo, met beschrijving van eenige nieuwe soorten van zoetwatervisschen. Natuurkd. Tijdschr. Neder. Indië v. 2: 415-442.
Bleeker, P. 1852 Nieuwe bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van het eiland Banka. Natuurkd. Tijdschr. Neder. Indië v. 3: 715-738.
Bleeker, P. 1853 Diagnostische beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Sumatra. Tiental V-X. Natuurkd. Tijdschr. Neder. Indië v. 4: 243-302.
Bleeker, P. 1855 Negende bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Borneo. Zoetwatervisschen van Pontianak en Bandjermasin. Natuurkd. Tijdschr. Neder. Indië v. 9: 415-430.
Bloch, M. E. 1793 Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Berlin. Naturg. Ausl. Fische v. 7: i-xiv + 1-144, Pls. 325-360. [Also a French edition, Icthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle des Poissons, v. 10, published 1797.]
Bloch, M. E. and J. G. Schneider 1801 M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. Systema Ichthyol.: i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110. [For authorship of species and translation of introduction see Karrer et al. 1994. See Fricke 1999:666 for 1800 edition.
Chaudhuri, B. L. 1919 (6 June) Report on a small collection of fish from Putao (Hkamti Long) on the northern frontier of Burma. Rec. Indian Mus. (Calcutta) v. 16 (pt 4): 271-287, Pl. 22.
Cuvier, G. and A. Valenciennes 1831 (Apr.) Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.]
Hamilton, F. [Buchanan] 1822 An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. Edinburgh & London. Fishes Ganges: i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan]. See Gudger 1924. See also Roberts 1998.
Lacepède, B. G. E. 1801 (18 Oct.) Histoire naturelle des poissons. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34. [Publication date: Hureau & Monod 1973, v. 2: 323, and see Derijst 1997:221 who confirms 1801 and not 1802.
Musikasinthorn, P. 1998 (26 Nov.) Channa panaw, a new channid fish from the Irrawaddy and Sittang River basins, Myanmar. Ichth. Research v. 45 (no. 4): 355-362.
Playfair, R. L. 1867 (May) On the fishes of Cachar. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1867 (pt 1): 14-17, Pl. 3.
Linnaeus, C. 1758 (1 Jan.) Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1: i-ii + 1-824. [Nantes and Pisces in Tom. 1, pp. 230-338; a few species on later pages. Date fixed by ICZN, Code Article 3.]
Steindachner, F. 1901 Kükenthal's Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Forschungreise in den Molukken und Borneo. Fische. Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges. v. 25: 409-464, Pls. 17-18
Vierke, J. 1991 (Jan.) Ein farbenfroher neuer Schlangenkopffisch aus Assam: Channa bleheri spec. nov. Das Aquarium v. 25 (no. 259): 20-24.
Zhang, C.-G., P. Musikasinthorn and K. Watanabe 2002 Channa nox, a new channid fish lacking a pelvic fin from Guangxi, China. Ichth. Research v. 49 (no. 2): 140-146.
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