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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Xenocyprididae
Genus: Parachela
Species: P. breitensteinii – P. cyanea – P. hypophthalmus – P. ingerkongi – P. maculicauda – P. oxygastroides – P. siamensis – P. williaminae
Name

Parachela Steindachner, 1881

Type species: Parachela breitensteinii Steindachner, 1881

Synonyms

Grandisquamachela (subgenus of Parachela) Fowler, 1934

References

Steindachner, F.; 1881: Ichthyologische Beiträge (XI). Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, 83 (1. Abth.): 393–408, Pl. 1. BHL
Tang, K. L., Lumbantobing, D. L. & Mayden, R. L.; 2013: The phylogenetic placement of Oxygaster van Hasselt, 1823 (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) and its taxonomic status of the family-group name Oxygastrinae Bleeker, 1860. Copeia, 2013 (1): 13–22.

Parachela is a genus of cyprinid fishes. There are currently seven species in this genus which are found in Southeast Asia.
Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]

Parachela cyanea Kottelat, 1995
Parachela hypophthalmus (Bleeker, 1860)
Parachela ingerkongi (Bănărescu, 1969)
Parachela maculicauda (H. M. Smith, 1934)
Parachela oxygastroides (Bleeker, 1852) (Glass fish)
Parachela siamensis (Günther, 1868)
Parachela williaminae Fowler, 1934

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Parachela". FishBase. December 2012 version.

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