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Chelaethiops
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Chelaethiops

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.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Chelaethiops elongatus

speciesChelaethiops elongatus

Chelaethiops congicus

speciesChelaethiops congicus

Chelaethiops rukwaensis

speciesChelaethiops rukwaensis

Chelaethiops minutus

speciesChelaethiops minutus

Lake Turkana sardine

speciesChelaethiops bibie

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87389.