Chelaethiops
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| Chelaethiops | |
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| File:Chelaethiops bibie The fishes of the Nile (Pl. XLVIII) (6961616263).jpg | |
| Chelaethiops bibie | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Danionidae |
| Subfamily: | Chedrinae |
| Genus: | Chelaethiops Boulenger, 1899[1] |
| Type species | |
| Chelaethiops elongatus Boulenger, 1899[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Chelaethiops is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Danionidae, the danionins or danios. The fishes in thuis genus are found in lakes and rivers of Africa. While commonly called "sardines", they are not related to the true sardines of the family Clupeidae.
Species
[edit | edit source]Chelaethiops contains the following species:[2]
- Chelaethiops bibie (Joannis, 1835) (Lake Turkana sardine)
- Chelaethiops congicus (Nichols & Griscom, 1917)
- Chelaethiops elongatus Boulenger, 1899
- Chelaethiops minutus (Boulenger, 1906)
- Chelaethiops rukwaensis (Ricardo, 1939) (Lake Rukwa Sardine)
References
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