Chelaethiops

Chelaethiops
Chelaethiops bibie
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Danionidae
Subfamily:	Chedrinae
Genus:	Chelaethiops Boulenger, 1899[1]
Type species
Chelaethiops elongatus Boulenger, 1899[1]
Synonyms[1]
Anchovicypris Fowler, 1936

Chelaethiops is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Danionidae, the danionins or danios. The fishes in thuis 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:[2]

• 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

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cherninae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Chelaethiops". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 January 2025.

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chelaethiops". FishBase. August 2011 version.