Chitala chitala

Chitala chitala
Specimen from Karachi, Pakistan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Notopteridae
Genus: Chitala
Species:
C. chitala
Binomial name
Chitala chitala

Chitala chitala (Assamese: চিতল sitawl, Bengali: চিতল, chitol) is a knifefish from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan,[1] found in the Brahmaputra, Indus, Ganges and Mahanadi River basins.[2] It is sometimes known as the Indian featherback or Indian knifefish.[3] In the past, it frequently included several related Chitala species, but these are now regarded as separate species.[2][4] The main species confused with this species is C. ornata (clown featherback or clown knifefish); a Southeast Asian species seen regularly in the aquarium trade.[3] The true C. chitala is very rare in the aquarium trade.[3]

  1. ^ a b Chaudhry, S. (2010). "Chitala chitala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T166510A6225101. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166510A6225101.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chitala chitala". FishBase. May 2014 version.
  3. ^ a b c Seriously Fish: Chitala chitala. Retrieved 24 May 2014
  4. ^ Roberts, T.R. (1992). Systematic revision of the old world freshwater fish family Notopteridae. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 2(4):361-383.