Chela macrolepis

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Danionidae
Subfamilia: Danioninae
Genus: Chela
Species: Chela macrolepis

Name

Chela macrolepis Knight & Rema Devi, 2014

• Holotype: ZSI/SRC F.8311 .
• Paratypes (9): ZSI/SRC F.8312.

Type locality: India: Tamil Nadu: Chembarampakkam Lake, 13°00'11" N 80°05'03" E.

Etymology: The species name is a compound noun, formed on the Greek macro (= large) and lepis (= scale), so named because it has larger scales than Chela atpar.

References

• 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. Reference page.