WoRMS taxon details
Ailia coila (Hamilton, 1822)
279526 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279526)
accepted
Species
Acanthonotus hardwickii Gray, 1830 · unaccepted
Ailia affinis Günther, 1864 · unaccepted
Ailia bengalensis (Gray, 1830) · unaccepted
Ailia colla (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Alia coila (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Eutropiichthys bengalensis (Gray, 1830) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Malapterurus bengalensis Gray, 1830 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Malapterurus coila Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted
Malapterus bengalensis Gray, 1830 · unaccepted > superseded combination (also misspelling of the generic noun)
Malapterus cuvieri (Gray, 1830) · unaccepted
Silurus cuvieri Gray, 1830 · unaccepted
(of Malapterurus coila Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 158, 375 [details]
page(s): 158, 375 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Ailia coila (Hamilton, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279526 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Malapterurus coila Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 158, 375 [details]
original description (of Ailia affinis Günther, 1864) Günther, A. (1864). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455. [details]
page(s): 158, 375 [details]
original description (of Ailia affinis Günther, 1864) Günther, A. (1864). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (60 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Malapterurus coila Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Ailia bengalensis (Gray, 1830))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ailia affinis Günther, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Malapterus bengalensis Gray, 1830)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ailia coila)
To Fishbase (from synonym Ailia affinis Günther, 1864)
To Fishbase (from synonym Silurus cuvieri Gray, 1830)
To Fishbase (from synonym Malapterus bengalensis Gray, 1830)
To Fishbase (from synonym Acanthonotus hardwickii Gray, 1830)
To GenBank (69 nucleotides; 86 proteins) (from synonym Malapterurus coila Hamilton, 1822)
To GenBank (69 nucleotides; 86 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NHMUK collection (Ailia affinis Günther, 1864; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3134161) (from synonym Ailia affinis Günther, 1864)
To NHMUK collection (Ailia bengalensis (Gray, 1830); SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2589809) (from synonym Ailia bengalensis (Gray, 1830))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Malapterurus coila Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Ailia bengalensis (Gray, 1830))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ailia affinis Günther, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Malapterus bengalensis Gray, 1830)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ailia coila)
To Fishbase (from synonym Ailia affinis Günther, 1864)
To Fishbase (from synonym Silurus cuvieri Gray, 1830)
To Fishbase (from synonym Malapterus bengalensis Gray, 1830)
To Fishbase (from synonym Acanthonotus hardwickii Gray, 1830)
To GenBank (69 nucleotides; 86 proteins) (from synonym Malapterurus coila Hamilton, 1822)
To GenBank (69 nucleotides; 86 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NHMUK collection (Ailia affinis Günther, 1864; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3134161) (from synonym Ailia affinis Günther, 1864)
To NHMUK collection (Ailia bengalensis (Gray, 1830); SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2589809) (from synonym Ailia bengalensis (Gray, 1830))
To ITIS
