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Malayochela maassi (Weber & de Beaufort, 1912)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Open encyclopedia reference

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

Wikipedia contributors, Malayochela; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:07:26.623215+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Malayochela maassi (Weber & de Beaufort, 1912)
Name authority
(Weber & de Beaufort, 1912)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Malayochela
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderCypriniformes
  11. familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
  12. subfamilyDanioninae Bleeker, 1863
  13. genusMalayochela Bănărescu, 1968
  14. speciesMalayochela maassi (Weber & de Beaufort, 1912)

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Eustira maassi Weber & de Beaufort, 1912 Weber & de Beaufort, 1912synonym
Chela maasi (Weber & de Beaufort, 1912) (Weber & de Beaufort, 1912)synonym
Chela maassi (Weber & de Beaufort, 1912) (Weber & de Beaufort, 1912)synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1525946 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3XMCQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.