Ophiocephalus

Freshwater species such as dalag (Ophiocephalus spp.) can also be used.

Chapter 5 1982

Gonorhynchus continue, but they never take a fly; Ophiocephalus, _Sowlee_; turtle caught by bearers, Silurus.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

_Ophiocephalus_, again, is a truly Indian genus, there being no less than twenty-five species, [145] all from the fresh waters of the East Indies.

On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart

-- Ophiocephalus, a handsome fish, back rich greenish, mottled brown, with 3 or 4 black spots on the sides, which are yellow, passing off into white, and a peacock spot on the tail.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

In all the rice-paddy fields, small fish called _Dalág_ (_Ophiocephalus vagus_), are caught by the natives, for food, with cane nets, or rod and line, when the fields are flooded.

The Philippine Islands John Foreman

There are two or three species of the transparent _Chandas_, and three or four Perilamps, six or eight Siluridae, besides the Gwali, which is too large; of Ophiocephalus two or three, exclusive of the Sowli, but all ought to be examined, as there is no relying on native discrimination.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

From the particulars given, the _bora-chung_ would appear to be an _Ophiocephalus_, probably the _O. barka_ described by Buchanan, as inhabiting holes in the banks of rivers tributary to the Ganges.

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836

_Mastacembelus_ (_M. armatus_, Lacep); one was an _Ophiocephalus_, and one a _Polyacanthus_, with no serræ on the gills.

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836

(Megalobrama amblycephala), tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus and O. niloticus), mud carp (Cirrhina molitorella) in the south, loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus and Xenocypris argentea) in Guangxi and Hunan, and snakehead (Ophiocephalus argus) in Guangdong.

Chapter 4 1995

Spanish cuidado. dálag: The Philippine Ophiocephalus, the curious walking mudfish that abounds in the paddy-fields during the rainy season. dalaga: Maiden, woman of marriageable age. dinding: House-wall or partition of plaited bamboo wattle. director, directorcillo: The town secretary and clerk of the gobernadorcillo. distinguido: A person of rank serving as a private soldier but exempted from menial duties and in promotions preferred to others of equal merit. escribano: Clerk of court and official notary. filibuster: A native of the Philippines who was accused of advocating their separation from Spain. gobernadorcillo: "Petty governor," the principal municipal official. gogo: A climbing, woody vine whose macerated stems are used as soap;

The Social Cancer Jos�� Rizal 1878