After Carroll, 1988 and Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]
<==o Channoidei [Ophiocephaliformes] `--o Channidae (snakeheads; käärmeenpääkalat) [N: 2/21] [FB: 2/27] |?- †Ancylostylus U. Cret. Eu. |-- †Dartbile U. Cret. ?Eoc. SA. |-- †Parachanos L.Cret. Af. SA. |?- Chanos Eoc. Mioc. Eu. R. Indo-Pac. Oc. |--o Channa [Ophiocephalus] ()? [N: 18] [FB: 24] | |-- C. amphibius (McClelland, 1845) (Borna snakehead) | |--o C. argus (Cantor, 1842) (Snakehead) | | |-- C. a. argus (Cantor, 1842) (Snakehead) | | `-- C. a. warpachowskii (Berg, 1909) (Amur snakehead) | |-- C. asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) (Small snakehead) | |-- C. aurantimaculata Musikasinthorn, 2000 | |-- C. bankanensis (Bleeker, 1852) | |-- C. barca (Hamilton, 1822) (Barca snakehead) | |-- C. cyanospilos (Bleeker, 1853) | |-- C. diplogramma (Day, 1865) | |-- C. gachua (Hamilton, 1822) | |-- C. lucius (Cuvier, 1831) | |-- C. maculata (Lacépède, 1802) | |-- C. marulioides (Bleeker, 1851) | |-- C. marulius (Hamilton, 1822) (Giant snake head) | |-- C. melanoptera (Bleeker, 1855) | |-- C. melasoma (Bleeker, 1851) (Black snakehead) | |-- C. micropeltes (Cuvier, 1831) (Giant snakehead) | |-- C. orientalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (Walking snakehead) | |-- C. panaw Musikasinthorn, 1998 | |-- C. pleurophthalma (Bleeker, 1851) | |-- C. punctata (Bloch, 1793) (Spotted snakehead) | |-- C. siamensis (Günther, 1861) | |-- C. stewartii (Playfair, 1867) (Assamese snakehead) | |-- C. striata (Bloch, 1793) (Snakehead murrel) | `-- C. theophrasti (Valenciennes, 1840) `--o Parachanna [Paraophiocephalus] ()? [3] |-- P. africana (Steindachner, 1879) |-- P. insignis (Sauvage, 1884) `-- P. obscura (Günther, 1861) (Snake-head)
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
–iNet: www.fishbase.org - Lahti, S., Malmström, K. K., Koli, L., Leikola, A., Syrjämäki, J. & Lahti, J., 1980: Zoo, Suuri Eläinkirja 5: Kalat, sammakkoeläimet, matelijat.
–Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo-Helsinki-Juva, 1980.
Original work [in French]: Beauté Du Monde Animal: IX Reptiles/Amphibiens & X Poissons.
–Rizzoli Editore, Milano, 1968 - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600