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Scientific Name: Parambassis baculis (Hamilton, 1822)
Synonym: Chanda baculis, Pseudambassis beculis (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Himalayan glassy perchlet
Local/Bangla Name: Bokul chanda (বকুল চান্দা), Kata chanda (কাঁটা চান্দা), Fopa chanda (ফোপা চান্দা)
Photo: eusuf_hasan(iNaturalist)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Ovalentaria incertae sedis
Family: Ambassidae
Description:
Fin formula: D VI+I 12-13; A III 12-13; P i 11-12; V I 5. It has small and rather slender body. Mouth is oblique. 90 scales are present on lateral line. Lower jaw is almost equal to upper jaw. Scales are small. Body color: translucent and yellowish-green back; flank and belly silvery white with a silvery longitudinal bank on flank. Fins are hyaline. A golden spot on the occiput.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Widely distributed in clear freshwater streams, canals, beels, ponds and inundated paddy fields in Bangladesh.
Environment:
Freshwater (Demersal)
Main References:
Rahman AKA (2005) Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh. 2nd ed. Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. xviii + 394 pp.
Other References:
Siddiqui KU, Islam MA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hasan MA, Khondker M and Rahman MM (eds.) (2007) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh. Vol. 23. Freshwater Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. 300+xxxi. pp.
DoF Bangladesh (2023) Album: Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh, Dhaka. 200 pp.
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