Ailia

Ailia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ailiidae
Genus:	Ailia Gray, 1830
Synonyms
Ailiichthys Day, 1872

Ailia is a genus of catfish in the family Ailiidae native to Asia.^[1]

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:

Ailia coila (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Gangetic ailia) ^[1]
Ailia punctata (F. Day, 1872) (Jamuna ailia) ^[1]

References

1 2 3 Wang, J., Lu, B., Zan, R., Chai, J., Ma, W., Jin, W., Duan, R., Luo, J., Murphy, R.W., Xiao, H. & Chen, Z. (2016): Phylogenetic Relationships of Five Asian Schilbid Genera Including Clupisoma (Siluriformes: Schilbeidae). PLoS ONE, 11 (1): e0145675.

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