Chelaethiops
Appearance
Chelaethiops | |
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Chelaethiops bibie | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Danioninae |
Genus: | Chelaethiops Boulenger, 1899 |
Type species | |
Chelaethiops elongatus Boulenger, 1899
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Chelaethiops is a genus of cyprinid fish found in lakes and rivers of Africa. While commonly called "sardines", they are not related to the true sardines of the family Clupeidae. There are currently five recognized species in this genus.
Species
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chelaethiops". FishBase. August 2011 version.