Species that contain: Ailia and coila [ 6 ] records

affinis, Ailia Günther [A.] 1864:56 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Kulu and Assam, India. Syntypes: BMNH 1860.3.19.867-868 (2) Kulu, BMNH 2005.5.17.3 (1) Assam. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:356 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Ailia coila (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1999:222 [ref. 24904], Ferraris 2007:356 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Ailia coila (Hamilton 1822). Ailiidae. Habitat: freshwater.

bengalensis, Malapterus (Ailia) Gray [J. E.] 1830:no page number, Pl. 85 (fig. 2) [Illustrations of Indian zoology; ref. 1878] Rivers of Bengal. Syntypes: BMNH 1858.8.15.105 (1), 1858.8.15.161 (1) Ganges. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:356 [ref. 29155]. Published about 6 Jan. 1830; also in Gray 1831:8 [ref. 1879]. •Synonym of Ailia coila (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1999:221 [ref. 24904], Jayaram 2006:118 [ref. 28762] dated 1831, Ferraris 2007:356 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Ailia coila (Hamilton 1822). Ailiidae. Habitat: freshwater.

coila, Malapterurus Hamilton [F.] 1822:158, 375 [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Bengal. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:356 [ref. 29155]. Hamilton's original, unpublished illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 88 [ref. 37532]. •Valid as Ailia coila (Hamilton 1822) -- (Shrestha 1978:39 [ref. 15970], Burgess 1989:98 [ref. 12860], Ataur Rahman 1989:180 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:593 [ref. 20764], Sen 1995:567 [ref. 23778], Menon 1999:221 [ref. 24904], Rafique 2000:326 [ref. 25220], Karmakar 2000:32 [ref. 25662], Mirza 2003:20 [ref. 27265], Ataur Rahman 2003:200 [ref. 31338], Diogo et al. 2004:104 [ref. 27670], Jayaram 2006:118 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:356 [ref. 29155], Shrestha 2008:156 [ref. 29923], Ahmed et al. 2013:286 [ref. 32872], Gurung et al. 2013:4884 [ref. 32969], Suresh et al. 2018:126 [ref. 36495], Kosygin et al. 2022:664 [ref. 40736]). Current status: Valid as Ailia coila (Hamilton 1822). Ailiidae. Distribution: South Asia: Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh. Habitat: freshwater.

cuvieri, Silurus (Acanthonotus) Gray [J. E.] 1830:no page number, Pl. 85 (fig. 1) [Illustrations of Indian zoology; ref. 1878] India. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:356 [ref. 29155]. Published about 6 Jan. 1830. •Synonym of Ailia coila (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1999:221 [ref. 24904], Ferraris 2007:356 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Ailia coila (Hamilton 1822). Ailiidae. Habitat: freshwater.

hardwickii, Acanthonotus Gray [J. E.] 1830:no page number, Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [Illustrations of Indian zoology; ref. 1878] India. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:356 [ref. 29155]. Unneeded new name for Silurus (Acanthonotus) cuvieri Gray 1830. •Synonym of Ailia coila (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1999:221 [ref. 24904], Ferraris 2007:356 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Ailia coila (Hamilton 1822). Ailiidae. Habitat: freshwater.

punctata, Ailiichthys Day [F.] 1872:713 [11] [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871 (pt 3) (art. 1) (for 5 Dec. 1871); ref. 1079] Jumna at and below Delhi, also lower Punjab rivers, India. Syntypes: (numerous) AMS B.7570 (1, syntype); BMNH 1889.2.1.2585-87 (3), .2588-90 (3), .2591 (1 skeleton), .2592-93 (2); NMW 47894 (1), 47863 (1); RMNH 2763 (1); ZMB 11213 (1); ZSI 420 (1, lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:157 [ref. 23762], Ferraris 2007:356 [ref. 29155]. On p. 11 of separate. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Synonym of Ailia coila (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1999:222 [ref. 24904]). •Valid as Ailia punctata (Day 1872) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:594 [ref. 20764], Rafique 2000:326 [ref. 25220], Karmakar 2000:32 [ref. 25662], Mirza 2003:20 [ref. 27265], Ataur Rahman 2003:201 [ref. 31338]). •Valid as Ailiichthys punctata Day 1872 -- (Burgess 1989:98 [ref. 12860], Ataur Rahman 1989:181 [ref. 24860], Jayaram 2006:119 [ref. 28762] as Ailichthys and dated to 1871, Ferraris 2007:356 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Ailiichthys punctata Day 1872. Ailiidae. Distribution: Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India. Habitat: freshwater.