Malayochela is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Danionidae, the danios or danionins. The only species in the genus is Malayochela maassi, a fish found in Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Kalimantan
| Malayochela | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Danionidae |
| Subfamily: | Chedrinae |
| Genus: | Malayochela Bănărescu (ro), 1968[2] |
| Species: | M. maassi |
| Binomial name | |
| Malayochela maassi | |
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Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of German anthropologist Alfred Maass (1889–1936), who led an expedition to Sumatra, during which the holotype specimen was collected.[4]
References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Malayochela maassi". FishBase. August 2011 version.
- ↑ Lumbantobing, D. (2020). "Malayochela maassi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T181270A1715819. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T181270A1715819.en. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Chedrinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Malayochela". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family DANIONIDAE: Bleeker 1863 (Danios)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
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