''Pillaia'' is a small
genus
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of
spineless eels native to
Asia
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.
Species
There are currently two recognized
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
in this genus:
* ''
Pillaia indica''
Yazdani, 1972 (Hillstream spineless eel)
* ''
Pillaia kachinica''
S. O. Kullander, Britz & F. Fang, 2000
References
Chaudhuriidae
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