Ailia

Genus of catfish

Ailia

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Siluriformes
Family:  | Ailiidae
Genus:  | Ailia
Gray, 1830
Type species
Ailia colia

(F. Hamilton, 1822)

Synonyms

* Ailiichthys Day, 1872

Ailia is a genus of catfish in the family Ailiidae native to Asia.[1] It is called "Kajoli" or "Bahpati" in Assamese and contributes to a major catch in Brahmaputra River.[2] It is a surface to mid water fish that is found commonly near the shoals.[2]

## Species[edit]

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:

* Ailia coila (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Gangetic ailia) [1]
* Ailia punctata (F. Day, 1872) (Jamuna ailia) [1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b Gogoi, Pranab; Chakaraborty, S. K.; Bhattacharjya, B. K.; Sharma, S. K.; Ramteke, M. (2019). "Biometric studies of Ailia coila (Hamilton, 1822) from river Brahmaputra, Assam, India". Indian Journal of Fisheries. 66: 131–137.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q405115
* Wikispecies: Ailia
* BOLD: 151597
* CoL: R66
* EoL: 24080
* GBIF: 2341610
* iNaturalist: 86294
* IRMNG: 1273685
* ITIS: 638998
* NCBI: 390393
* WoRMS: 268241

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