Pelat identifikasiSirip dada dengan pola belang konsentris di pangkalnya
Channa gachua sebelumnya dianggap menyebar luas, bahkan hingga ke Asia Timur dan Indonesia. Berdasarkan banyak kajian genetika dan filogeografi, kelompok C. gachua itu kini telah dibeda-bedakan, paling tidak, atas sekitar 20-an spesies, termasuk yang belum dideskripsi.[4][5][6] Kelompok ikan ini, dengan perkecualian satu spesies, memiliki ciri bersama yaitu pola belang-belang konsentris pada pangkal sirip dadanya.[6]
Di wilayah Srilanka, C. gachua sangat mirip dan dapat tertukar dengan Channa orientalis yang endemik di negeri itu. Sebagian ahli malah menganggapnya bersinonim.[3]
Sementara itu di Burma, Channa harcourtbutleri memiliki bentuk tubuh serupa dan hanya dapat dibedakan melalui pengamatan yang teliti.[7]
C. gachua (sensu stricto) kini diketahui hanya menyebar luas di Asia Selatan. Sedangkan takson serupa yang banyak terdapat di Indonesia bagian barat sekarang dikenal sebagai C. limbata.[4][5][8]
Kelompok Gachua
Beberapa jenis yang termasuk kelompok Gachua, di antaranya:
Channa punctata(Bloch, 1793:139).[29] Asia Selatan, Asia Tenggara, hingga ke Asia Timur: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Srilangka, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia dan Cina; diintroduksi ke negeri-negeri lainnya.
Channa quinquefasciataPraveenraj, Uma, Knight, Moulitharan, Balasubramanian, Bineesh, & Bleher, 2018:143.[30] India utara: aliran S. Brahmaputra: DAS S. Torsa.
Channa raraBritz, Dahanukar, Anoop, & Ali, 2019:590.[5] India, Maharashtra, DAS Jagbudi.
Channa stewartii(Playfair, 1867:14).[32] India (Benggala Barat, Assam), Bangladesh, Bhutan dan Nepal, mungkin juga lebih jauh ke timur.
Channa stiktosLalramliana, Knight, Lalhlimpuia, & Singh, 2018:167.[33] India timurlaut, Mizoram, DAS Kaladan.
Channa torsaensisDey, Nur, Chowdhury, Sarkar, Kosygin, & Barat, 2019:498.[34] India: Benggala Barat, DAS Torsa.
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