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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderCypriniformes
  4. ›familyCyprinidae
  5. ›genusChelaethiops
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Chelaethiops elongatus

Chelaethiops elongatus Boulenger, 1899

Also calledDanio-prata (por) · Lirangabärbling (deu) · Африканская чехонь (rus)

First described in: Boulenger, G. A. (1899). Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Poissons nouveaux du Congo. Cinquième Partie. Cyprins, Silures, Cyprinodontes, Acanthoptérygiens. <em>Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoology).</em> v. 1 (fasc. 5): 97-128, Pls. 40-47.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2366030.