Channidae Fowler 1934 (1831)

Laan, Richard Van Der, Eschmeyer, William N. & Fricke, Ronald, 2014, Family-group names of Recent fishes, Zootaxa 3882 (2), pp. 1-230 : 129

Family Channidae Fowler 1934 (1831)

Name in prevailing recent practice, Article 40.2

Ophiocephalidae Bonaparte 1831:158, 176 [ref.4978] (family) Ophicephalus [as Ophiocephalus , name must be corrected Article 32.5.3; also as subfamily Ophiocephalini ; corrected to Ophicephalidae by Günther 1862b:62 [ref. 18216], confirmed by Vaillant 1902:13 [ref. 4490] and by Jordan 1923a:176 [ref. 2421]]

Labyrinthiformes Müller 1845:135 [ref. 32591] (family) Ophicephalus [also Müller 1846:201 [ref. 13283] and as Labyrinthici Müller 1845:102 [ref. 32591] and Müller 1846:131 [ref. 13283]; family name sometimes seen as Labyrinthicidae; no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Channidae Fowler 1934c:352 [ref. 1418] (family) Channa [ Channidae used as valid by: Schultz with Stern 1948 [ref. 31938], Poll 1957, Lagler, Bardach & Miller 1962, Greenwood, Rosen, Weitzman & Myers 1966 [ref. 26856], McAllister 1968 [ref. 26854], Lindberg 1971 [ref. 27211], Nelson 1976 [ref. 32838], Shiino 1976, Lagler, Bardach, Miller & May Passino 1977, Nelson 1984 [ref. 13596], Bonou & Teugels 1985 [ref. 26743], Daget, Gosse & Thys van den Audenaerde 1986 [ref. 6189], Ng & Lim 1991 [ref. 18920], Robins et al. 1991b [ref. 14238], Dhanze & Sen 1993 [ref. 24018], Nelson 1994 [ref. 26204], Springer & Raasch 1995:102 [ref. 25656], Eschmeyer 1998 [ref. 23416], Kottelat 2000b [ref. 25864], Paugy, Lévêque & Teugels 2003b [ref. 29208], Courtenay & Williams 2004 [ref. 27545], Springer & Johnson 2004 [ref. 33199], Nelson 2006 [ref. 32486], Stiassny, Teugels & Hopkins 2007b [ref. 30010], Britz 2008 [ref. 29386], Geetakumari &Vishwanath 2011 [ref. 31586], Britz 2013 [ref. 32966]; replacement name in prevailing recent practice, Article 40.2]