n = 80
| Scientific Name | Author | Valid Name | Family | English Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Channa africana | (Steindachner, 1879) | Parachanna africana | Channidae | African snakehead |
| Channa amphibeus | (McClelland, 1845) | Channa amphibeus | Channidae | Borna snakehead |
| Channa amphibia | (McClelland, 1845) | Channa amphibeus | Channidae | Borna snakehead |
| Channa amphibius | (McClelland, 1845) | Channa amphibeus | Channidae | Borna snakehead |
| Channa andrao | Britz, 2013 | Channa andrao | Channidae | Redspotted snakehead |
| Channa ara | (Deraniyagala, 1945) | Channa ara | Channidae | Sri Lanka giant snakehead |
| Channa arga | (Cantor, 1842) | Channa argus | Channidae | Snakehead |
| Channa argus | (Cantor, 1842) | Channa argus | Channidae | Snakehead |
| Channa argus argus | (Cantor, 1842) | Channa argus | Channidae | Snakehead |
| Channa argus warpachowskii | (Berg, 1909) | Channa argus | Channidae | Snakehead |
| Channa aristonei | Praveenraj, Thackeray, Singh, Uma, Moulitharan & Mukhim, 2020 | Genus Species | New species | |
| Channa asiatica | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Channa asiatica | Channidae | Small snakehead |
| Channa aurantimaculata | Musikasinthorn, 2000 | Channa aurantimaculata | Channidae | Goldspotted snakehead |
| Channa aurantipectoralis | Lalhlimpuia, Lalronunga & Lalramliana, 2016 | Channa aurantipectoralis | Channidae | Orangefinned snakehead |
| Channa auroflammea | Adamson, Britz & Lieng, 2019 | Genus Species | New species | |
| Channa baculis | (Hamilton, 1822) | Parambassis baculis | Ambassidae | Himalayan glassy perchlet |
| Channa bankanensis | (Bleeker, 1853) | Channa bankanensis | Channidae | Bangka snakehead |
| Channa baramensis | (Steindachner, 1901) | Channa baramensis | Channidae | Baram snakehead |
| Channa barca | (Hamilton, 1822) | Channa barca | Channidae | Barca snakehead |
| Channa bipuli | Praveenraj, Uma, Moulitharan & Bleher, 2018 | Genus Species | New species | |
| Channa bleheri | Vierke, 1991 | Channa bleheri | Channidae | Bluefinned snakehead |
| Channa brahmacharyi | Chakraborty, Yardi & Mukherjee, 2020 | Genus Species | New species | |
| Channa brunnea | Praveenraj, Uma, Moulitharan & Kannan, 2019 | Channa brunnea | Channidae | Brown bleheri |
| Channa burmanica | Chaudhuri, 1919 | Channa burmanica | Channidae | Putao snakehead |
| Channa cocnhayia | Nguyen, Bui & Nguyen, 2015 | Genus Species | New species | |
| Channa cyanospilos | (Bleeker, 1853) | Channa cyanospilos | Channidae | Bluespotted snakehead |
| Channa diplogramma | (Day, 1865) | Channa diplogramma | Channidae | Malabar snakehead |
| Channa diplogramme | (Day, 1865) | Channa diplogramma | Channidae | Malabar snakehead |
| Channa formosana | Jordan & Evermann, 1902 | Channa asiatica | Channidae | Small snakehead |
| Channa gachua | (Hamilton, 1822) | Channa gachua | Channidae | Red seam snakehead |
| Channa gachus | (Hamilton, 1822) | Channa gachua | Channidae | Red seam snakehead |
| Channa harcourtbutleri | (Annandale, 1918) | Channa harcourtbutleri | Channidae | Burmese snakehead |
| Channa hoaluensis | Nguyen, 2011 | Channa hoaluensis | Channidae | Vietnames snakehead |
| Channa insignis | (Sauvage, 1884) | Parachanna insignis | Channidae | Largespotted snakehead |
| Channa kelaartii | (Günther, 1861) | Channa kelaartii | Channidae | Dwarf snakehead |
| Channa limbata | (Cuvier, 1831) | Channa gachua | Channidae | Red seam snakehead |
| Channa lipor | Praveenraj, Uma, Moulitharan & Singh, 2019 | Genus Species | New species | |
| Channa longistomata | Nguyen, Nguyen & Nguyen, 2012 | Channa longistomata | Channidae | |
| Channa lucia | (Cuvier, 1831) | Channa lucius | Channidae | Javanese snakehead |
| Channa lucius | (Cuvier, 1831) | Channa lucius | Channidae | Javanese snakehead |
| Channa maculata | (Lacepède, 1801) | Channa maculata | Channidae | Blotched snakehead |
| Channa marulia | (Hamilton, 1822) | Channa marulius | Channidae | Great snakehead |
| Channa marulioides | (Bleeker, 1851) | Channa marulioides | Channidae | Orange snakehead |
| Channa marulius | (Hamilton, 1822) | Channa marulius | Channidae | Great snakehead |
| Channa marulius ara | (Deraniyagala, 1945) | Channa ara | Channidae | Sri Lanka giant snakehead |
| Channa melanoptera | (Bleeker, 1855) | Channa melanoptera | Channidae | Blackfinned snakehead |
| Channa melanopterus | (Bleeker, 1855) | Channa melanoptera | Channidae | Blackfinned snakehead |
| Channa melanostigma | Geetakumari & Vishwanath, 2011 | Channa melanostigma | Channidae | Lohit snakehead |
| Channa melasoma | (Bleeker, 1851) | Channa melasoma | Channidae | Black snakehead |
| Channa melnopterus | (Bleeker, 1855) | Channa melanoptera | Channidae | Blackfinned snakehead |
| Channa micropeltes | (Cuvier, 1831) | Channa micropeltes | Channidae | Indonesian snakehead |
| Channa ninhbinhensis | Nguyen, 2011 | Channa ninhbinhensis | Channidae | Orange seam snakehead |
| Channa nox | Zhang, Musikasinthorn & Watanabe, 2002 | Channa nox | Channidae | Dark snakehead |
| Channa obscura | (Günther, 1861) | Parachanna obscura | Channidae | African obscure snakehead |
| Channa obscurus | (Günther, 1861) | Parachanna obscura | Channidae | African obscure snakehead |
| Channa ocellata | Peters, 1864 | Channa asiatica | Channidae | Small snakehead |
| Channa orientalis | Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | Channa orientalis | Channidae | Walking snakehead |
| Channa ornatipinnis | Britz, 2008 | Channa ornatipinnis | Channidae | Ornate snakehead |
| Channa panaw | Musikasinthorn, 1998 | Channa panaw | Channidae | Blackspotted snakehead |
| Channa pardalis | Knight, 2016 | Channa pardalis | Channidae | Leopard snakehead |
| Channa pleurophthalma | (Bleeker, 1851) | Channa pleurophthalma | Channidae | Ocellated snakehead |
| Channa pleurophthalmus | (Bleeker, 1851) | Channa pleurophthalma | Channidae | Ocellated snakehead |
| Channa pomanensis | Gurumayum & Tamang, 2016 | Channa pomanensis | Channidae | Poma snakehead |
| Channa pseudomarulius | (Günther, 1861) | Channa pseudomarulius | Channidae | Orangespotted snakehead |
| Channa pulchra | Britz, 2007 | Channa pulchra | Channidae | Colored snakehead |
| Channa punctata | (Bloch, 1793) | Channa punctata | Channidae | Spotted snakehead |
| Channa punctatus | (Bloch, 1793) | Channa punctata | Channidae | Spotted snakehead |
| Channa quinquefasciata | Praveenraj, Uma, Knight, Moulitharan, Balasubramanian, Bineesh & Bleher, 2018 | Genus Species | New species | |
| Channa rara | Britz, Dahanukar, Anoop & Ali, 2019 | Channa rara | Channidae | |
| Channa royi | Praveenraj & Knight, 2018 | Channa harcourtbutleri | Channidae | Burmese snakehead |
| Channa shingon | Endruweit, 2017 | Channa shingon | Channidae | Humpbacked snakehead |
| Channa siamensis | (Günther, 1861) | Channa lucius | Channidae | Javanese snakehead |
| Channa sinensis | Sauvage, 1880 | Channa asiatica | Channidae | Small snakehead |
| Channa stewartii | (Playfair, 1867) | Channa stewartii | Channidae | Assamese snakehead |
| Channa stewartius | (Playfair, 1867) | Channa stewartii | Channidae | Assamese snakehead |
| Channa stiata | (Bloch, 1793) | Channa striata | Channidae | Striped snakehead |
| Channa stiktos | Lalramliana, Knight, Lalhlimpuia & Singh, 2018 | Genus Species | New species | |
| Channa striata | (Bloch, 1793) | Channa striata | Channidae | Striped snakehead |
| Channa striatus | (Bloch, 1793) | Channa striata | Channidae | Striped snakehead |
| Channa torsaensis | Dey, Nur, Chowdhury, Sarkar, Kosygin & Barat, 2019 | Genus Species | New species |