Ailia coila

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)

Ailia coila, also known as the Gangetic ailia is a species of schilbid catfish native to Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan.[1][2] This species grows to a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) TL. This fish is of importance to local commercial fisheries.[2]

References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Ailia coila" in FishBase. October 2015 version.


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