Parachela
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Parachela is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of cyprinid
Cyprinid
The family Cyprinidae, from the Ancient Greek kyprînos , consists of the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives . Commonly called the carp family or the minnow family, its members are also known as cyprinids...

 fishes. There are currently seven species in this genus which are found in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...

.

Species

  • Parachela cyanea Kottelat
    Maurice Kottelat
    Dr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...

    , 1995
  • Parachela hypophthalmus (Bleeker
    Pieter Bleeker
    Pieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....

    , 1860)
  • Parachela ingerkongi (Bănărescu, 1969)
  • Parachela maculicauda (H. M. Smith
    Hugh McCormick Smith
    Hugh McCormick Smith was an American ichthyologist and administrator in the Bureau of Fisheries.-Biography:...

    , 1934)
  • Parachela oxygastroides (Bleeker
    Pieter Bleeker
    Pieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....

    , 1852)
    (Glass fish)
  • Parachela siamensis (Günther, 1868)
  • Parachela williaminae Fowler
    Henry Weed Fowler
    Henry Weed Fowler was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan...

    , 1934
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