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Chelaethiops
Sign in to saveChelaethiops is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Danionidae, the danionins or danios. The fishes in this 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.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCyprinidae
Африканские чехони (лат. Chelaethiops) — род лучепёрых рыб семейства карповых.
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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 this 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 == Chelaethiops contains the following species: 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)