Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Perciformes - ostnoploutví
Čeleď: Channidae - hadohlavcovití

Typový druh: Channa orientalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Reference: Scopoli J. A. 1777. Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Prague. Introd. Hist. Nat. . i-x + 1-506.

Přehled druhů

• Channa amphibeus (McClelland, 1845)
  
• Channa argus (Cantor, 1842)
  
• Channa asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
• Channa aurantimaculata Musikasinthorn, 2000
  Musikasinthorn, P.   2000. Channa aurantimaculata, a new channid fish from Assam (Brahmaputra River basin), India, with designation of a neotype for C. amphibeus (McClelland, 1845). Ichth. Research v. 47 (no. 1): 27-37.
• Channa bankanensis (Bleeker, 1852)
  
• Channa baramensis (Steindachner, 1901)
  
• Channa barca (Hamilton, 1822)
  
• Channa bleheri Vierke, 1991
  
• Channa burmanica Chaudhuri, 1919
  
• Channa cyanospilos (Bleeker, 1853)
  
• Channa diplogramma (Day, 1865)
  
• Channa gachua (Hamilton, 1822)
  
• Channa harcourtbutleri (Annandale, 1918)
  
• Channa lucius (Cuvier, 1831)
  
• Channa maculata (Lacepède, 1801)
  
• Channa marulioides (Bleeker, 1851)
  
• Channa marulius (Hamilton, 1822)
  
• Channa melanoptera (Bleeker, 1855)
  
• Channa melasoma (Bleeker, 1851)
  
• Channa micropeltes (Cuvier, 1831)
  
• Channa nox Zhang, Musikasinthorn & Watanabe, 2002
  Zhang, C.-G., P. Musikasinthorn & K. Watanabe   2002. Channa nox, a new channid fish lacking a pelvic fin from Guangxi, China. Ichth. Research v. 49 (no. 2): 140-146.
• Channa orientalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  
• Channa ornatipinnis Britz, 2007
  Britz, R. 2007. Channa ornatipinnis and C. pulchra, two new species of dwarf snakeheads from Myanmar (Teleostei: Channidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 18 (4): 335-344.
• Channa panaw Musikasinthorn, 1998
  
• Channa pleurophthalmus (Bleeker, 1851)
  
• Channa pulchra Britz, 2007
  Britz, R. 2007. Channa ornatipinnis and C. pulchra, two new species of dwarf snakeheads from Myanmar (Teleostei: Channidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 18 (4): 335-344.
• Channa punctata (Bloch, 1793)
  
• Channa stewartii (Playfair, 1867)
  
• Channa striata (Bloch, 1793)
  

Statistické údaje

Počet druhů: 29