Glass fish
Parachela oxygastroides
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A glass fish from Southeast Asia, from rivers and wetlands, including seasonally flooded forest. It is sold as food and used to make fish paste. It reaches 20 centimetres.
- Scientific name
- Parachela oxygastroides
- Family
- Xenocyprididae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Xenocyprididae
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Synonyms
- Chela johorensis, Chela megalolepis, Chela oxygastroides, Leuciscus oxygastroides, Oxygaster johorensis, Oxygaster oxygastroides, Oxygaster oxygastroides oxygastroides
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 24–26 °C
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 20 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Planktivore
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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