Chela cachius   (Hamilton,  1822) (Fish)
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Taxonomy
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae

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Description
Size(male): 6.0 cm TL

Synonym (s)
• Cachius atpar Gunther, 1878
• Chela anastoma Swainson, 1839
• Chela atpar Gray, 1834
• Chela cachius Silas, 1958
• Cyprinus(Chela) atpar Hamilton, 1822
• Cyprinus atpar Valenciennes, 1842
• Cyprinus cachius Hamilton, 1822
(Senior synonym)
• Laubuca atpar Bhimachar & Rau, 1941
• Leuciscus atpar Bleeker, 1853
• Leuciscus cachius Bleeker, 1853
• Perilampus cachius McClelland, 1839
• Perilampus cachius Raj, 1916
• Perilampus psilopteromus Mcclelland, 1839
• Cachius atpar (Hamilton, 1822)
(Junior synonym)
• Chela anastoma (Swainson, 1839)
(Junior synonym)
• Chela atpar (Hamilton, 1822)
(Junior synonym)
• Cyprinus atpar Hamilton, 1822
(Junior synonym)
• Laubuca atpar (Hamilton, 1822)
(Junior synonym)
• Leuciscus anastoma Swainson, 1839
(Junior synonym)
• Leuciscus atpar (Hamilton, 1822)
(Junior synonym)
• Leuciscus cachius (Hamilton, 1822)
(Senior synonym)
• Paradanio elegans Day, 1867
(Junior synonym)
• Perilampus atpar (Hamilton, 1822)
(Junior synonym)
• Perilampus cachius (Hamilton, 1822)
(Senior synonym)
• Perilampus macropodus Jerdon, 1849
(Junior synonym)
• Perilampus psilopteromus McClelland, 1839
(Junior synonym)
Common Name (s)
• Lauputi
• Silver Hatchet (English)
• Silver Hatchet Chela (English)
• Barle (Kannada)
• Borle (Kannada)
Economic Importance and Threats
Importance:  Commercial
(Aquarium, occasionally used as bait)
Ecology
Habitat:  Bentho Pelagic, Estuarine
Biogeography


• Orissa, Chilika Lake INDIA
• Orissa, Balugaon INDIA (Record: 1948-1950)
• Orissa, Jagadala INDIA (Record: 1948-1950)
Literature Source(s)
  • Menon, AGK (1999) Checklist: Fresh water fishes of India Occasional paper no. 175 ZSI, Kolkata 366 pp Available at - NCL, Pune
  • Rama Rao, KV (1995) Pisces Wetland ecosystem series 1: Fauna of Chilika lake ZSI, Calcutta 483-506 Available at - NIO, Goa
  • Sen, TK (1985) The fish fauna of Assam and the neighbouring north-eastern states of India Miscellaneous publication occasional paper no 64 Records of the Zoological Survey of Inida ZSI, Kolkata 1-216 Available at - NCL, Pune
  • Mishra, SS; Pradhan, P; Kar, S and Chakraborty, SK (2003) Records of the Zoological Survey of India: Ichthyofaunal diversity of Midnapore, Bankura and Hooghly districts, south west Bengal ZSI, Kolkata 65 pp Available at - NCL, Pune
  • Abbaasi, SA (1997) Wetlands of India-Ecology and Threats Discovery Publishing House,New Delhi II 1-182 Available at - NIO, RC Kochi
  • Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
  • Froese, R and Pauly, D (2000) Fishbase 2000: Concepts, design and data sources ICLARM 344 pp Available at - http://www.fishbase.org
  • Jones, S and Sujansingani, KH (1954) Fish and fisheries of the Chilka Lake with statistics of fish catches for the years 1948-1950 Indian Journal of Fisheries Indian Journal of Fisheries for the Indian Council of Agricultural Research 1 (1-2) 256-344 Available at - http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1634/2/Article_15.pdf
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