Ailia punctata
Ailia punctata, also known as the Jamuna ailia is a species of catfish in the family Ailiidae native to Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.[1] The species is heavily fished and other threats include habitat loss, pollution and introduced species but the exact effects are unknown.[2] This species grows to a length of 10.0 centimetres (3.9 in) TL.[2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ailiidae |
| Genus: | Ailia |
| Species: | A. punctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ailia punctata (Day, 1872) | |
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References
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Ailiichthys punctata" in FishBase. January 2016 version.
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