Parachela oxygastroides

Parachela oxygastroides, also known as the glass fish, is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae. 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]

Parachela oxygastroides
Parachela oxygastroides

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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)

References
  1. Jenkins, A.; Kullander, F.F. & Tan, H.H. (2009). "Parachela oxygastroides ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T169547A6645702. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169547A6645702.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Parachela ocygastroides" in FishBase. October 2018 version.
  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.


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