The silver hatchet chela (Chela cachius) is a danionins fish in the family Cyprinidae. Endemic in South Asia, it is found in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Myanmar.[3]
Silver hatchet chela | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Danioninae |
Genus: | Chela |
Species: | C. cachius
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Binomial name | |
Chela cachius (F. Hamilton, 1822)[2]
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References
edit- ^ Dahanukar, N. (2010). "Chela cachius". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN: e.T166498A6221930. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166498A6221930.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chela cachius". FishBase.
- ^ 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.