Parachela oxygastroides

Parachela oxygastroides
Parachela oxygastroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Genus:Parachela
Species: P. oxygastroides
Binomial name
Parachela oxygastroides
(Bleeker, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Chela johorensis Steindachner, 1872
  • Chela megalolepis Günther, 1868
  • Chela oxygastroides (Bleeker, 1852)
  • Leuciscus oxygastroides Bleeker, 1852
  • Oxygaster oxygastroides (Bleeker, 1852)

Parachela oxygastroides, also known as the glass fish, is a freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae family. It is found in Southeast Asia in rivers and wetlands, including seasonally flooded forests. Of length 10–20 cm, it is caught commercially for food and sold in markets; it is one of the species used in Cambodian cuisine to make the fish paste prahok.[2][3] In the aquarium trade these fish are often dyed to make them more colourful, a process which may stress the fish, shorten its life or even kill it immediately, they are then referred to as "painted glassfish".[4]

References

  1. ↑ Jenkins, A.; Kullander, F.F.; Tan, H.H. (2009). "Parachela oxygastroides". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: 2009: e.T169547A6645702. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169547A6645702.en.
  2. ↑ Parachela oxygastroides, Fishbase
  3. ↑ Walter J. Rainboth; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (1996). Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. Food & Agriculture Org. p. 69. ISBN 978-92-5-103743-0.
  4. ↑ Shirlie Sharpe (2016-12-07). "Artificially Colored Aquarium Fish Death by Dyeing". The Spruce. Retrieved 9 October 2017.


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