Parachela (fish)

Parachela
Parachela cyanea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Xenocyprididae
Genus:	Parachela Steindachner, 1881 [1]
Type species
Parachela breitensteinii Steindachner, 1881 [1]
Synonyms [1]
Grandisquamachela Fowler, 1934

Parachela is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies. ^[1] These fishes are found in Asia.

Species

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

• Parachela cyanea Kottelat, 1995
• Parachela hypophthalmus (Bleeker, 1860)
• Parachela ingerkongi (Bănărescu, 1969)
• Parachela johorensis Steindachner, 1870
• Parachela maculicauda (H. M. Smith, 1934)
• Parachela oxygastroides (Bleeker, 1852) (Glass fish)
• Parachela siamensis (Günther, 1868)
• Parachela williaminae Fowler, 1934
• Parachela melanosticta Page, Tangjitjaroen, Limpichat, Randall, Boyd, Tongnunui, and Pfeiffer, 2024
• Parachela microlepis Page, Tangjitjaroen, Limpichat, Randall, Boyd, Tongnunui, and Pfeiffer, 2024

References

1. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Xenocyprididae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 25 January 2025.
2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Parachela". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 25 January 2025.