Malayochela
Species of fish
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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 |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Danionidae |
| Subfamily: | Chedrinae |
| Genus: | Malayochela Bănărescu (ro), 1968[2] |
| Species: | M. maassi |
| Binomial name | |
| Malayochela maassi | |
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Etymology
The 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]
