''Parachela'' is a genus of freshwater
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...
belonging to the
family
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Xenocyprididae
Xenocyprididae, is a family of freshwater ray-finned fishes commonly called the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies with a natural distribution in Asia. This taxon, sometimes spelt Xenocypridae, was previously regarded to be a subfamily, Xenocypri ...
, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies.
These fishes are found in Asia.
Species
These are the currently recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Parachela cyanea''
Kottelat, 1995
* ''
Parachela hypophthalmus''
( Bleeker, 1860)
* ''
Parachela ingerkongi''
( Bănărescu, 1969)
* ''
Parachela johorensis''
Steindachner
Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner descri ...
, 1870
* ''
Parachela maculicauda''
( H. M. Smith, 1934)
* ''
Parachela oxygastroides''
(Bleeker, 1852) (Glass fish)
* ''
Parachela siamensis''
( Günther, 1868)
* ''
Parachela williaminae''
Fowler, 1934
References
Xenocyprididae
Taxa named by Franz Steindachner
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