Fig. 4 in Fig. 4 in Fig. 3 in Fig. 21. Sesarmops mora n in Paralbunea dayriti Author Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Alborz, Iran. E-mail: jouladehroudbar @ ut. ac. ir jouladehroudbar@ut.ac.ir Author Ghanavi, Hamid Reza Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. * Correspondence: E-mail: hamid. ghanavi @ gmail. com (Ghanavi) hamid.ghanavi@gmail.com Author Doadrio, Ignacio Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology Department, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC, Madrid, Spain. E-mail: doadrio @ mncn. csic. es doadrio@mncn.csic.es text Zoological Studies 2020 2020-06-29 59 21 1 303 http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12822535 journal article 10.6620/ZS.2020.59-21 1810-522X Channa gachua (Hamilton, 1822) – Native ( Fig. 460 ) Ophiocephalus aurantiacus Hamilton [F.] 1822: 69, 368; Type locality: Mountain stream near Goyalpara near northeastern frontier of Bengal, India . No types known. Ophicephalus gachua Hamilton [F.] 1822: 68, 367; Type locality: Ponds and ditches of Bengal. Syntypes :?BMNH 1858.8.15.54 (1),?BMNH 1858.8.15.144 (1). Ophicephalus marginatus Cuvier [G.] 1829: 230; Type locality: Vizagapattam, India . No types known. Non-types: MNHN 0000–2247 (4) Java, 0000–2248 (1) Indian seas, A–0395 (1) Coromandel, A–0396 (1) Java. Ophicephalus coramota Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831: 414; Type locality: Vizagapatam [Visakhapatnam], India . Ophicephalus fuscus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831: 414; Type locality: Mysore and Bengal, India . Syntypes : MNHN A–0398 (1), A–0623 (1). Ophicephalus montanus McClelland [J.] 1842: 583; Type locality: Baisoot, Jullalabad, Himalaya and Sadoa, Afghanistan . Syntypes : (2) BMNH 1843.2.25.59 (1, stuffed) Afghanistan . Ophiocephalus gachua var. basalis Günther [A.] 1861: 472; Type locality: East Indies. Syntypes : BMNH (2 or 3). Common name : Pr: Mahi sar mari, En: Dwarf snakehead. Diagnosis : The large head scales and elongate dorsal and anal fins are distinctive. Meristic characters : D: I 30–37, A: I 20–24, P: 13–16, LL: 39–47, TV:?. Distribution : Makran, Mashkid and Hamun-e Jaz Murian basins ( Fig. 461 ). Reported from Dasht, Rakshan, Mashkid, Bampur, Sarbaz and Halil Rivers. Taxonomy : Roberts (1989) synonymized with Channa orientalis , Shrestha (1978) regard as valid and full species. Fig. 459. Distribution map of Mastacembelus mastacembelus . Fig. 460. Channa gachua . Photograph from Sarbaz River, Makran basin. Conservation : IUCN: Least Concern ( Chaudhry 2010b).