Typová lokalita
Khujairok stream, a tributary of the Yu River, at Moreh, near the adjoining borderland areas of Manipur, India and Myanmar. 100 kilometers from Imphal, Manipur, India.
Původní popis
Arunkumar, L. 2000. Fishes of the genus Chela Hamilton-Buchanan (Cyprinidae: Cultrinae) from Manipur, India, with description of a new species. Aquacult v. 1 (no. 2): 121-124.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.