''Chela'' is a

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of small danionin freshwater fish from

South Asia South Asia is the southern Subregion#Asia, subregion of Asia that is defined in both geographical and Ethnicity, ethnic-Culture, cultural terms. South Asia, with a population of 2.04 billion, contains a quarter (25%) of the world's populatio ...

that are closely related to '' Laubuka''.

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * '' Chela cachius'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (Silver hatchet chela) * '' Chela macrolepis''

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& Rema Devi, 2014Knight, 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.''

References

Chela (fish) Danioninae Taxa named by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton Danios Fish of Asia {{Danioninae-stub