Chela (fish)

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Chela
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Chela cachius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Danionidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Chela
F. Hamilton, 1822
Type species
Cyprinus (Chela) cachius
Hamilton, 1822

Chela is a genus of small danionin freshwater fish from South Asia that are closely related to Laubuka . [1]

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus: [2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chela". FishBase . March 2019 version.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Genus-Chela". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  3. 1 2 Knight, J.D.M. & Rema Devi, K. (2014): Chela macrolepis, a new species of cyprinid fish from southern India (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (2): 159-166.