Ailia coila

      Ailia coila
      Conservation status
      Scientific classification
      Kingdom: Animalia
      Phylum: Chordata
      Class: Actinopterygii
      Order: Siluriformes
      Family: Schilbeidae
      Genus: Ailia
      J. E. Gray, 1830
      Species: A. coila
      Binomial name
      Ailia coila
      (F. Hamilton, 1822)

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

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      Last modified on 7 August 2012, at 00:03