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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.

Chelaethiops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Danioninae
Genus:	Chelaethiops Boulenger, 1899
Type species
Chelaethiops elongatus Boulenger, 1899

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)

References

• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Chelaethiops in FishBase. August 2011 version.

На других языках

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- [en] Chelaethiops

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[ru] Африканские чехони

Африканские чехони[1] (лат. Chelaethiops) — род лучепёрых рыб из семейства карповых[2]. Предковым родом является, вероятно, Barilius.

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