Pillaia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Synbranchiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Anabantaria Ordo: Synbranchiformes

Familia: Chaudhuriidae
Genus: Pillaia
Species: P. indica

Name

Pillaia Yazdani, 1972: 134

• Type species: Pillaia indica Yazdani, 1972. Type by original designation and monotypy.
• Etymology: named in honour of Dr. Raghavan Sridharan Pillai.

Synonyms

• Chaudhuria Annandale 1918

References

Primary references

• Yazdani, G.M. 1972. A new genus and species of fish from India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 69 (pt 1). Catalog of Fishes entry, BHL