Ailia coila

Ailia coila, also known as the Gangetic ailia is a species of catfish in the family Ailiidae native to Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan.[2][3] This species grows to a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) TL. This fish is of importance to local commercial fisheries.[3]

Ailia coila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ailiidae
Genus: Ailia
Species:
A. coila
Binomial name
Ailia coila
(F. Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
  • Malapterurus coila F. Hamilton, 1822
  • Silurus cuvieri Gray, 1830
  • Malapterus cuvieri (Gray, 1930)
  • Malapterus bengalensis Gray, 1830
  • Ailia bengalensis (Gray, 1830)
  • Acanthonotus hardwickii Gray, 1830
  • Ailia affinis Günther, 1864

References
  1. "Synonyms of Ailia coila (Hamilton, 1822)". Fishbase.org. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. Wang, J., Lu, B., Zan, R., Chai, J., Ma, W., Jin, W., Duan, R., Luo, J., Murphy, R.W., Xiao, H. & Chen, Z. (2016): Phylogenetic Relationships of Five Asian Schilbid Genera Including Clupisoma (Siluriformes: Schilbeidae). PLoS ONE, 11 (1): e0145675.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Ailia coila" in FishBase. January 2016 version.


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