WoRMS taxon details
Silonia silondia (Hamilton, 1822)
282793 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282793)
accepted
Species
Ageniosus lurida Swainson, 1838 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Pimelodus silondia Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted
Silondia silondia (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Silonia lurida (Swainson, 1838) · unaccepted
Silonia silundia (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Silundia gangetica Valenciennes, 1840 · unaccepted
(of Pimelodus silondia 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): 160, 375, Pl. 7 (fig 50) [details]
page(s): 160, 375, Pl. 7 (fig 50) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Silonia silondia (Hamilton, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282793 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pimelodus silondia 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): 160, 375, Pl. 7 (fig 50) [details]
original description (of Silundia gangetica Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
page(s): 160, 375, Pl. 7 (fig 50) [details]
original description (of Silundia gangetica Valenciennes, 1840) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quinzième. Suite du livre dix-septième. Siluroïdes. v. 15: i-xxxi + 1-540, Pls. 421-455. [Valenciennes authored volume. i-xxiv + 1-397 in Strasbourg edition.]. [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 (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Pimelodus silondia Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Silondia silondia (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Silundia gangetica Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Silonia lurida (Swainson, 1838))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Silonia silondia)
To Fishbase (from synonym Ageniosus lurida Swainson, 1838)
To GenBank (335 nucleotides; 455 proteins) (from synonym Pimelodus silondia Hamilton, 1822)
To GenBank (335 nucleotides; 455 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Pimelodus silondia Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Silondia silondia (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Silundia gangetica Valenciennes, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Silonia lurida (Swainson, 1838))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Silonia silondia)
To Fishbase (from synonym Ageniosus lurida Swainson, 1838)
To GenBank (335 nucleotides; 455 proteins) (from synonym Pimelodus silondia Hamilton, 1822)
To GenBank (335 nucleotides; 455 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
