Chelaethiops

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.

Chelaethiops
Chelaethiops bibie
Scientific classification
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

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)