Coilia ramcarati is a valid scientific name.

Coilia ramcarati (Hamilton, 1822)

Tapetail ancovy - Megha Olua - Native Fish - Wild (Freshwater)

Systematic Position: [2]

Kingdom	:	Animalia
Phylum	:	Chordata
Class	:	Teleostei
Order	:	Clupeiformes
Family	:	Engraulidae
Genus	:	Coilia
Species	:	Coilia ramcarati

Common Names:

English	:	Tapetail ancovy[6]
Bangla	:	Megha Olua[5] Olua[5]

Synonyms:

Mystus ramcarati Hamilton, 1822
Coilia ramacarati (Hamilton, 1822)
Coilia ramcerati (Hamilton, 1822)
Engraulis hamiltonii Gray, 1830
Coilia quadragesimalis Valenciennes, 1848 Sep
Coilia cantoris Bleeker, 1853 Nov

Maximum Length and Weight:

219 mm (TL) ^[5] 16 cm (SL) ^[6]

Inter-Length Relationship:

Head length : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 5.9-6.4 : 5.4-5.8 ^[5]
Body height : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 5.4-6.3 : 4.9-5.4 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Head length = 1 : 4.5-5.2 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Snout length = 1 : .7 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Inter orbial width = 1 : 1.3-1.5 ^[5]
Body height : Standard length = 1 : 4.79 ^[1174]
Head length : Standard length = 1 : 5.35 ^[1174]

Taxonomic Formula:

D iii 13-14; A ii 90; P vi + 5-6; V i 8-9 ^{[Talwar and Jhingran, 1991]}D. 1/13-14; P₁. 6/6; P₂. 10; A. 96-105 ^{[Rahman, 2005]}

Scales:

70 scales on lateral line. [5]

Chemistry:

Data not available

Conservation Status:

Global	:	Data Deficient (DD)	(Version 3.1) [580]
Bangladesh	:	Least Concern (LC)	(Version 3.1) [286]

Occurrence/Distribution:

Global	:	Andaman Island[746] Bangladesh[70] India[855] Myanmar[832] Pakistan[855] Thailand[832]
Bangladesh	:	Andharmanik river, Patuakhali[751] Passur River, Khulna[752] Meghna river estuary, Noakhali[774]

Habitat and Environment:

Habitat: Data not available

Environment:

Parameters	Units	Minimum	Maximum	Optimum	Ref.
Temperature	-	-	-	-	-
pH	-	-	-	-	-
DO	-	-	-	-	-
Free CO2	-	-	-	-	-

Breeding Maturity:

Data not available

Breeding Season: (red background)

Data not available

Fecundity:

Egg: shape- Spherical, ^[947]

Food and Feeding Habit:

Diet composition (%): Data not available

Importance:

Production and Marketing:
Production/Harvesting Season: Data not available
Harvesting Gears: Data not available
Market price: Data not available