Laubuka fasciata

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| image = Laubuka fasciata.jpg

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn | author = Raghavan, R. | author2 = Ali, A. | name-list-style = amp | title = Laubuca fasciata | page = e.T172501A6904678 | date = 2011 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172501A6904678.en | access-date = 14 January 2018}}

| taxon = Laubuka fasciata

| display_parents = 3

| authority = (Silas, 1958)

| synonyms = *Chela fasciata Silas, 1958

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Laubuka fasciata is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to family Danionidae. This species is endemic to river systems in Kerala, India.{{Cite web|title=Laubuka fasciata – Malabar Hatchet Chela (Chela fasciata, Laubuca fasciata) — Seriously Fish|url=https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/laubuka-fasciata/|access-date=2021-08-19}}{{FishBase | genus = Laubuka | species = fasciata | year = 2015 | month = 4}} It is known as Malabar Hatchet Chela.{{Cite web|last=Assessment)|first=Rajeev Raghavan (Western Ghats Freshwater Species|last2=Assessment)|first2=Anvar Ali (Western Ghats Freshwater Species|date=2010-06-28|title=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Laubuka fasciata|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/en|access-date=2021-08-19|website=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species}} The fish was first discovered in 1958 in the Anamalai streams by the Keralite fish scientist Eric Godwin Silas.{{Cite web|title=Laubuca fasciata (Silas, 1958)|url=https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/232628|access-date=2021-08-19|website=India Biodiversity Portal}} The species was named Fasciata because of it shiny stripe on the body.