WoRMS taxon details
Coilia ramcarati (Hamilton, 1822)
279085 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279085)
accepted
Species
Coilia cantoris Bleeker, 1853 · unaccepted
Coilia quadragesimalis Valenciennes, 1848 · unaccepted
Coilia ramacarati (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Coilia ramcerati (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Engraulis hamiltonii Gray, 1830 · unaccepted
Mystus ramcarati Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mystus ramcarati 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): 233, 382 [details]
page(s): 233, 382 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Coilia ramcarati (Hamilton, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279085 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Coilia quadragesimalis Valenciennes, 1848) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1848). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingt et unième. Suite du livre vingt et unième et des Clupéoïdes. Livre vingt-deuxième. De la famille des Salmonoïdes. v. 21: i-xiv + 1 p. + 1-536, Pls. 607-633., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401210850_021 [details]
original description (of Mystus ramcarati 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): 233, 382 [details]
original description (of Coilia cantoris Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Nalezingen op de ichthyologische fauna van Bengalen en Hindostan. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 25 (art. 8): 1-164 + 165-166, Pls. 1-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60451 [details]
original description (of Mystus ramcarati 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): 233, 382 [details]
original description (of Coilia cantoris Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Nalezingen op de ichthyologische fauna van Bengalen en Hindostan. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 25 (art. 8): 1-164 + 165-166, Pls. 1-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.60451 [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 (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Mystus ramcarati Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Coilia quadragesimalis Valenciennes, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Coilia cantoris Bleeker, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Engraulis hamiltonii Gray, 1830)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coilia ramcarati)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis hamiltonii Gray, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Coilia cantoris Bleeker, 1853)
To FishBase (from synonym Coilia quadragesimalis Valenciennes, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Mystus ramcarati Hamilton, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Coilia ramacarati (Hamilton, 1822))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Mystus ramcarati Hamilton, 1822)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Mystus ramcarati Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Coilia quadragesimalis Valenciennes, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Coilia cantoris Bleeker, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Engraulis hamiltonii Gray, 1830)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coilia ramcarati)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Engraulis hamiltonii Gray, 1830)
To FishBase (from synonym Coilia cantoris Bleeker, 1853)
To FishBase (from synonym Coilia quadragesimalis Valenciennes, 1848)
To FishBase (from synonym Mystus ramcarati Hamilton, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Coilia ramacarati (Hamilton, 1822))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Mystus ramcarati Hamilton, 1822)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
