Herre & Myers, 1937 : 71
Channa gachua : Ahmad et al ., 2014: 21
Provisional checklist of freshwater fish diversity and distribution in Perak, Malaysia, and some latest taxonomic concerns
Ng, Casey Keat Chuan
Lim, Teow Yeong
Ahmad, Amirrudin
Khaironizam, Md Zain
Zootaxa
2019
2019-03-18
4567
3
515
545
TM36
(Hamilton 1822)
Hamilton
1822
[151,586,1374,1399]
Actinopterygii
Channidae
Channa
GBIF
Animalia
Perciformes
20
535
Chordata
species
gachua
Ophicephalus gachua: Herre & Myers, 1937: 71(River Plus, near Kuala Legap). Channa gachua: Ahmad et al., 2014: 21(Sungkai Wildlife Reserve); Ahmad & Zakaria-Ismail, 2014: 415 (Sg. Purun; Sg. Tiang); Shafiq et al., 2014: 827 (Sg. Kurau); Authors' data (Lata Perahu; Pondok Tanjung; Sg. Ulu Kampar).
Remarks. Channa gachuaregularly cited in many papers may be erroneous according to Conte-Grand et al.(2017). They propose that the species is involved in a complex of two widespread phylogenetic lineages. They advise that C. gachuashould be used for describing specimens encountered in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lankaand Myanmar( Rakhineregion) and C. limbatashould be applied for specimens occurring in Myanmartowards Vietnam, southern China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysiaand Indonesia. Until further clarification emerges, our checklist adopts C.aff. gachuafor specimens found in Perak.