Parambassis piratica

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Parambassis piratica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Mugiliformes
Family: Ambassidae
Genus: Parambassis
Species:
P. piratica
Binomial name
Parambassis piratica
Synonyms

Paradoxodacna piratica

Parambassis piratica is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Ambassidae, the Asiatic glassfishes. It was described in 1989 and placed in a new monotypic genus of its own, Paradoxodacna, [2] but was later moved into Parambassis. [3] [4] It is native to Indonesia, where it occurs in Sumatra and southern and western Borneo. [5]

This species grows to a length of 9 centimetres (3.5 in) SL. [6] It has specialized teeth and retrognathous jaws: the upper jaw is longer than the lower. It eats the scales of other fish. [5] This habit inspired its species name, piratica. [2]

This fish lives in tropical streams and rivers. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Ng, H.H. (2020). "Paradoxodacna piratica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T91305055A91305059. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T91305055A91305059.en . Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 Roberts, T. R. (1989). "The freshwater fishes of western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia)". Mem California Acad Sci. 14: 160.
  3. ↑ Yoshigou, H. (15 January 2025). "Morphological comparison within the glass perchlets genus Ambassis (Osteichthyes: Ovalentalia: Ambassidae), with reference to the comparison of some characters shared with other related genera". Miscellaneous Reports of the Hiwa Museum for Natural History. 66: 1–47.
  4. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Parambassis". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  5. 1 2 Roberts, T. R. (1994). "Systematic revision of tropical Asian freshwater glassperches (Ambassidae), with descriptions of three new species" (PDF). Nat Hist Bull Siam Soc. 42: 263–90. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-06. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  6. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paradoxodacna piratica". FishBase . December 2012 version.


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