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Order: Perciformes (Perches and Allies) ................................................................. 173
Family: Anabantidae (Climbing Gouramies or Climbing Perches) ............... 173
Anabas testudineus Bloch 1792 ......................................................................... 173
Family: Scatophagidae (Scats) ................................................................................ 175
Scatophagus argus argus Linnaeus 1766 .......................................................... 175
Family: Sciaenidae (Drums, Croakers) .................................................................176
Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque 1819 .............................................................176
Pseudotolithus typus Bleeker 1863 .....................................................................176
Pseudolithus elongatus Bowdich 1825 .............................................................. 177
Family: Channidae (Snakeheads) ........................................................................... 178
Channa marulius Hamilton 1822 (= Ophiocephalus marulius) ..................... 178
Channa micropeltes Cuvier 1831 ....................................................................... 179
Channa punctatus Bloch 1793 ........................................................................... 180
Channa striata Bloch 1793 (= Ophiocephalus striatus) .................................. 181
Parachanna obscura Günther 1861 (= Channa obscura) ............................... 182
Family: Ambassidae (Asiatic Glass Fishes) .......................................................... 182
Chanda nama Hamilton 1822............................................................................ 182
Pseudambassis baculis Hamilton 1822 ............................................................. 183
Parambassis ranga Hamilton 1822 ................................................................... 183
Parambassis wolffii Bleeker 1850 ...................................................................... 184
Family: Moronidae (Temperate Basses) .............................................................. 185
Morone saxatilis Walbaum 1792 ....................................................................... 185
Dicentrarchus labrax Linnaeus 1758 ................................................................. 186
Family: Gobiidae (Gobies) ...................................................................................... 187
Glossogobius giuris Hamilton 1822 .................................................................... 187
Family: Latidae (Lates Perches) ............................................................................. 187
Lates niloticus Linnaeus 1758 ............................................................................. 187
Family: Cichlidae (Cichlids) .................................................................................... 188
Oreochromis aureus Steindachner 1864 .......................................................... 188
Oreochromis mossambicus Peters 1852 ........................................................... 189
Oreochromis niloticus Linnaeus 1758 (= Tilapia niloticus) ............................. 190
Sarotherodon galilaeus Linnaeus 1758 ...............................................................191
Tilapia guineensis Günther 1862 ....................................................................... 192
Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852 (= Tilapia melanotheron) .......... 192
Tilapia rendalli Boulenger 1897 ......................................................................... 193
Tilapia zillii Gervais 1848 ................................................................................... 194
Etroplus suratensis Bloch 1790 .......................................................................... 195
Family: Helostomatidae (Kissing Gourami) ....................................................... 195
Helostoma temminckii G. Cuvier 1829 ............................................................ 195
Family: Osphronemidae (Gouramies) ................................................................. 196
Colisa fasciatus (Bloch and Schneider) (= Trichogaster fasciata) ................ 196
Osphronemus goramy Lacepède 1801 .............................................................. 197
Trichogaster pectoralis Regan 1910 .................................................................... 198
Trichogaster trichopterus Pallas 1770 ................................................................ 198
Trichogaster lalius F. Hamilton 1822 (= Colisa lalia) ...................................... 199