Silver hatchet chela

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Chela
Species:
C. cachius
Binomial name
Chela cachius
Synonyms
  • Chela atpar Hamilton, 1822
  • Cyprinus atpar Hamilton, 1822
  • Cyprinus cachius Hamilton, 1822
  • Leuciscus anastoma Swainson, 1839
  • Paradanio elegans Day, 1867
  • Perilampus macropodus Jerdon, 1849
  • Perilampus psilopteromus McClelland, 1839

References
  1. Dahanukar, N. (2010). "Chela cachius". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T166498A6221930. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166498A6221930.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Chela cachius" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  3. 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.


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