Parambassis

Parambassis
Parambassis ranga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Ambassidae
Genus: Parambassis
Bleeker, 1874
Type species
Ambassis apogonoides,
Bleeker, 1851

Parambassis is a genus of freshwater fish in the Asiatic glassfish family Ambassidae of order Perciformes.[1] The type species is the Iridescent glassy perchlet. These fishes originate mostly from Southeast Asia, but the species range across the Indomalaya and Australasia ecozones, from Pakistan and India south through Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia. Although primiarly found in fresh water, a few species can also be seen in brackish water. The Parambassis species range in maximum size from 3-24cm, but they are similar in appearance, with a lozenge-shaped form, typical perciform fins, and semitransparent or transparent body. Several of the species are common food fish in local markets, and some (most notably the Indian glassy perchlet) are kept as aquarium fish.

Species

There are currently 18 currently recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2015). Species of Parambassis in FishBase. October 2015 version.
  2. Mayanglambam, D. & Vishwanath, W. (2015): Parambassis serrata, a new species of glassperch (Teleostei: Ambassidae) from the Kaladan drainage, India. Zootaxa, 4040 (5): 583–588.
  3. Geetakumari, K. & Basudha, C. (2012): Parambassis waikhomi, a new species of glassfish (Teleostei: Ambassidae) from Loktak Lake, northeastern India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 4 (14): 3327–3332.
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