| Scientific Name | Author | English Name |
|---|---|---|
| Channa amphibeus | (McClelland, 1845) | Borna snakehead |
| Channa andrao | Britz, 2013 | Redspotted snakehead |
| Channa ara | (Deraniyagala, 1945) | Sri Lanka giant snakehead |
| Channa argus | (Cantor, 1842) | Snakehead |
| Channa aristonei | Praveenraj, Thackeray, Singh, Uma, Moulitharan & Mukhim, 2020 | |
| Channa asiatica | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Small snakehead |
| Channa aurantimaculata | Musikasinthorn, 2000 | Goldspotted snakehead |
| Channa aurantipectoralis | Lalhlimpuia, Lalronunga & Lalramliana, 2016 | Orangefinned snakehead |
| Channa aurolineata | (Day, 1870) | |
| Channa bankanensis | (Bleeker, 1853) | Bangka snakehead |
| Channa baramensis | (Steindachner, 1901) | Baram snakehead |
| Channa barca | (Hamilton, 1822) | Barca snakehead |
| Channa bleheri | Vierke, 1991 | Bluefinned snakehead |
| Channa brunnea | Praveenraj, Uma, Moulitharan & Kannan, 2019 | Brown bleheri |
| Channa burmanica | Chaudhuri, 1919 | Putao snakehead |
| Channa cyanospilos | (Bleeker, 1853) | Bluespotted snakehead |
| Channa diplogramma | (Day, 1865) | Malabar snakehead |
| Channa gachua | (Hamilton, 1822) | Red seam snakehead |
| Channa harcourtbutleri | (Annandale, 1918) | Burmese snakehead |
| Channa hoaluensis | Nguyen, 2011 | Vietnames snakehead |
| Channa kelaartii | (Günther, 1861) | Dwarf snakehead |
| Channa longistomata | Nguyen, Nguyen & Nguyen, 2012 | |
| Channa lucius | (Cuvier, 1831) | Javanese snakehead |
| Channa maculata | (Lacepède, 1801) | Blotched snakehead |
| Channa marulioides | (Bleeker, 1851) | Orange snakehead |
| Channa marulius | (Hamilton, 1822) | Great snakehead |
| Channa melanoptera | (Bleeker, 1855) | Blackfinned snakehead |
| Channa melanostigma | Geetakumari & Vishwanath, 2011 | Lohit snakehead |
| Channa melasoma | (Bleeker, 1851) | Black snakehead |
| Channa micropeltes | (Cuvier, 1831) | Indonesian snakehead |
| Channa ninhbinhensis | Nguyen, 2011 | Orange seam snakehead |
| Channa nox | Zhang, Musikasinthorn & Watanabe, 2002 | Dark snakehead |
| Channa orientalis | Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | Walking snakehead |
| Channa ornatipinnis | Britz, 2008 | Ornate snakehead |
| Channa panaw | Musikasinthorn, 1998 | Blackspotted snakehead |
| Channa pardalis | Knight, 2016 | Leopard snakehead |
| Channa pleurophthalma | (Bleeker, 1851) | Ocellated snakehead |
| Channa pomanensis | Gurumayum & Tamang, 2016 | Poma snakehead |
| Channa pseudomarulius | (Günther, 1861) | Orangespotted snakehead |
| Channa pulchra | Britz, 2007 | Colored snakehead |
| Channa punctata | (Bloch, 1793) | Spotted snakehead |
| Channa quinquefasciata | Praveenraj, Uma, Knight, Moulitharan, Balasubramanian, Bineesh & Bleher, 2018 | |
| Channa rara | Britz, Dahanukar, Anoop & Ali, 2019 | |
| Channa shingon | Endruweit, 2017 | Humpbacked snakehead |
| Channa stewartii | (Playfair, 1867) | Assamese snakehead |
| Channa striata | (Bloch, 1793) | Striped snakehead |
| Parachanna africana | (Steindachner, 1879) | African snakehead |
| Parachanna insignis | (Sauvage, 1884) | Largespotted snakehead |
| Parachanna obscura | (Günther, 1861) | African obscure snakehead |