Description

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Common Names

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Kajuli , Assamese , India

Baspata , Bengali , Bangladesh

Kajuli , Bengali , Bangladesh

কাজলি , Bengali , Bangladesh

Gangetic ailia , English , India

Gangetic alia , English , Bangladesh

光背鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

光背鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Patanga , Nepali , Nepal

Patasi , Nepali , Nepal

Patsi , Nepali , Nepal

Sutara , Nepali , Nepal

पतंगा , Nepali , India

पतासी , Nepali , India

Mun-glee-ah-nec , Sindhi , Pakistan

పుట్టులి , Telugu , India

బుంస్ పుట్ట , Telugu , India

వెల్ల కలాద , Telugu , India

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Ailiidae

Genus: Ailia

Species: Ailia coila (Hamilton, 1822)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Asia: Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Nepal.

Biology

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Adults found in large rivers and connected waters. They inhabit surface to mid-waters. Occur in shoals (Ref. 4833). Oviparous, eggs are unguarded (Ref. 205).

Habitat

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brackish