WoRMS taxon details
Salmostoma bacaila (Hamilton, 1822)
282655 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282655)
accepted
Species
Salmostoma Swainson, 1839 accepted as Salmophasia Swainson, 1839
Chela bacaila (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted
Cyprinus bacaila Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted
Cyprinus oblonga Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted
Leuciscus bacaila (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted
Opsarius bacaila (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted
Opsarius leucerus McClelland, 1839 · unaccepted
Oxygaster bacaila (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted
Salmophasia bacaila (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted
Salmophasia oblonga (Swainson, 1839) · unaccepted
(of Cyprinus bacaila 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): 265, 384, Pl. 8 (fig. 76) [details]
page(s): 265, 384, Pl. 8 (fig. 76) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Salmostoma bacaila (Hamilton, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282655 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cyprinus bacaila 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): 265, 384, Pl. 8 (fig. 76) [details]
original description (of Cyprinus oblonga Swainson, 1839) Swainson, W. (1839). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. <em>Spottiswoode & Co., London.</em> v. 2: i-vi + 1-452. [details]
original description (of Opsarius leucerus McClelland, 1839) McClelland, J. (1839). Indian Cyprinidae. <em>Asiatic Researches.</em> v. 19 (pt 2): 217-471, Pls. 37-61. [details]
page(s): 265, 384, Pl. 8 (fig. 76) [details]
original description (of Cyprinus oblonga Swainson, 1839) Swainson, W. (1839). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. <em>Spottiswoode & Co., London.</em> v. 2: i-vi + 1-452. [details]
original description (of Opsarius leucerus McClelland, 1839) McClelland, J. (1839). Indian Cyprinidae. <em>Asiatic Researches.</em> v. 19 (pt 2): 217-471, Pls. 37-61. [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 (37 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (59 barcodes) (from synonym Salmophasia bacaila (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Oxygaster bacaila (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Opsarius leucerus McClelland, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Cyprinus bacaila Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Chela bacaila (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Salmophasia oblonga (Swainson, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Leuciscus bacaila (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Opsarius bacaila (Hamilton, 1822))
To Fishbase (from synonym Cyprinus oblonga Swainson, 1839)
To Fishbase (from synonym Opsarius leucerus McClelland, 1839)
To GenBank (126 nucleotides; 141 proteins) (from synonym Salmophasia bacaila (Hamilton, 1822))
To GenBank (126 nucleotides; 141 proteins)
To GenBank (63 nucleotides; 112 proteins) (from synonym Cyprinus oblonga Swainson, 1839)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Salmophasia bacaila (Hamilton, 1822))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (59 barcodes) (from synonym Salmophasia bacaila (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Oxygaster bacaila (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Opsarius leucerus McClelland, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Cyprinus bacaila Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Chela bacaila (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Salmophasia oblonga (Swainson, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Leuciscus bacaila (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Opsarius bacaila (Hamilton, 1822))
To Fishbase (from synonym Cyprinus oblonga Swainson, 1839)
To Fishbase (from synonym Opsarius leucerus McClelland, 1839)
To GenBank (126 nucleotides; 141 proteins) (from synonym Salmophasia bacaila (Hamilton, 1822))
To GenBank (126 nucleotides; 141 proteins)
To GenBank (63 nucleotides; 112 proteins) (from synonym Cyprinus oblonga Swainson, 1839)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Salmophasia bacaila (Hamilton, 1822))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
