Rama chandramara

Rama chandramara
Illustration by Francis Day
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Bagridae
Subfamily:	Bagrinae
Genus:	Rama Bleeker, 1858
Species:	R. chandramara
Binomial name
Rama chandramara (Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms
Pimelodus chandramara Hamilton, 1822 Chandramara chandramara (Hamilton, 1822) Leiocassis rama (Hamilton, 1822) Pimelodus rama Hamilton, 1822 Rama rama (Hamilton, 1822)

Rama chandramara is the only species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the monotypic genus Rama of the family Bagridae.^[1] This species reaches about 5 centimetres (2 in) SL and inhabits beels, ditches, streams, and canals of India and Bangladesh.^[2]

This fish has a semi-transparent body which may or may not have speckles. This fish is a schooling species.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Rama chandramara". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=681116. Retrieved May 29, 2007. 
2. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Rama chandramara" in FishBase. May 2007 version.
3. ^ Linder, R. Shane (March 2000). "The Catfishes of Asia Family Bagridae part one" (PDF). Cat Chat 1 (1). http://www.catfishstudygroup.org/pdf/catfishes_of_asia1.pdf.