Chaptis bahaba

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Datta, N.C. |author2=Allen, D.J. |author3=Jha, B.R. |author4=Dey, S.C. |name-list-style = & ||year=2020 |title=Bahaba chaptis |volume=2020 |page=e.T154979A130104892 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T154979A130104892.en |access-date=22 April 2023}}

| taxon = Bahaba chaptis

| authority = (Hamilton, 1822)

| synonyms = {{Specieslist

| Bola chaptis | Hamilton, 1822

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| synonyms_ref = {{Fishbase|Bahaba|chaptis|month=February|year=2023}}

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The chaptis bahaba (Bahaba chaptis) is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. This fish is found in brackish and marine waters in the lower reaches of rivers and coastal waters of the Bay of Bengal in India, Bangladesh and Myanmar.