Laubuka fasciata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Danioninae |
Genus: | Laubuka |
Species: | L. fasciata
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Binomial name | |
Laubuka fasciata (Silas, 1958)
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Laubuka fasciata is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to river systems in Kerala, India.[2][3] It is known as Malabar Hatchet Chela.[4] The fish was first discovered in 1958 in the Anamalai streams by the Keralite fish scientist Eric Godwin Silas.[5] The species was named Fasciata because of it shiny stripe on the body.