Indian Chekhon shells [1] ( Latin Chela ) is a genus of ray -fin fish of the cyprinid family. They live in South Asia .
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Chela Hamilton , 1822 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description
Small fish about 7-8 cm long. The body is usually compressed laterally. The mouth is small upward. The eyes are large, located in front of the head. Dorsal fin with 9–13 rays. The anal fin has 13 to 26 rays. The caudal fin is bifurcated and totals up to 19 full rays. Fish live in shallow streams and ponds [2] .
List of Species
The genus consists of 3 species [3] :
- Chela cachius (Hamilton, 1822)
- Chela khujairokensis Arunkumar, 2000
- Chela macrolepis Knight et Rema Devi, 2014
Distribution
Representatives of the genus are found in India , Sri Lanka , Pakistan , Myanmar , Thailand , Malaysia and Sumatra [2]
Notes
- ↑ Reshetnikov Yu.S. , Kotlyar A.N. , Russ T.S. , Shatunovsky M.I. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Fish. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1989 .-- S. 137 .-- 12,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00237-0 .
- ↑ 1 2 Silas EG Studies on Cyprinid fishes of the oriental genus Chela hamilton // Journal of The Bombay Natural History Society: journal. - 1958. - Vol. 55 , no. 1 . - P. 54-99. . - ISSN 0006-6982 .
- ↑ FishBase: List of valid species of the genus Chela