WoRMS taxon details
Otolithoides pama (Hamilton, 1822)
281950 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281950)
accepted
Species
Bola pama Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted
Pama pama (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted
Sciaenoides hardwickii Blyth, 1860 · unaccepted
Sciaenoides pama (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Bola pama 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): 79, 368, Pl. 32 (fig. 26) [details]
page(s): 79, 368, Pl. 32 (fig. 26) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Otolithoides pama (Hamilton, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281950 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bola pama 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): 79, 368, Pl. 32 (fig. 26) [details]
original description (of Sciaenoides hardwickii Blyth, 1860) Blyth, E. (1860). Report on some fishes received chiefly from the Sitang River and its tributary streams, Tenasserim Provinces. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal .</em> v. 29 (no. 2): 138-174.
page(s): 139 [details]
page(s): 79, 368, Pl. 32 (fig. 26) [details]
original description (of Sciaenoides hardwickii Blyth, 1860) Blyth, E. (1860). Report on some fishes received chiefly from the Sitang River and its tributary streams, Tenasserim Provinces. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal .</em> v. 29 (no. 2): 138-174.
page(s): 139 [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 (1 barcode)
To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes) (from synonym Pama pama (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sciaenoides hardwickii Blyth, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Bola pama Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pama pama (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Sciaenoides pama (Hamilton, 1822))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pama pama) (from synonym Pama pama (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaenoides hardwickii Blyth, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaenoides pama (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase (from synonym Bola pama Hamilton, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Pama pama (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 24 proteins)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 24 proteins) (from synonym Bola pama Hamilton, 1822)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 24 proteins) (from synonym Sciaenoides pama (Hamilton, 1822))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 24 proteins) (from synonym Pama pama (Hamilton, 1822))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes) (from synonym Pama pama (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sciaenoides hardwickii Blyth, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Bola pama Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pama pama (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Sciaenoides pama (Hamilton, 1822))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pama pama) (from synonym Pama pama (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaenoides hardwickii Blyth, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Sciaenoides pama (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase (from synonym Bola pama Hamilton, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Pama pama (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 24 proteins)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 24 proteins) (from synonym Bola pama Hamilton, 1822)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 24 proteins) (from synonym Sciaenoides pama (Hamilton, 1822))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 24 proteins) (from synonym Pama pama (Hamilton, 1822))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To ITIS