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Scientific Name: Parambassis ranga (Hamilton, 1822)

Synonym: Chanda ranga, Pseudambassis ranga (Currently unaccepted)

English Name: Indian glassy fish
Local/Bangla Name: Chanda (চান্দা), Ranga chanda (রাঙ্গা চান্দা)
Bonyfish : Parambassis ranga

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Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes
Family: Ambassidae
Description:
Fin formula: D VII+I/11-14; P₁11-12; P2 I/ 5; А III/13-15. It has stout, deep and compressed body. Mouth is oblique. Villiform teeth are present in the jaws. Preopercular hind edge smooth, with one or two serrations at an angle. Small scales occur. Lateral line with 47-63 scales. Preorbital serrated on the upper and lower edges. Body color: greenish-yellow tinge with a silvery broad lateral stripe on the side of the body. A dusky spot on the shoulder. Fins are hyaline; outer edges of the dorsal, anal and caudal fins are blackish.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Widely distributed in clear freshwater streams, canals, beels, ponds and inundated paddy fields in Bangladesh.
Environment:
Freshwater, Brackish (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 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp. AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M, Rahman AKA 2005 Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, 2nd ed., Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, xviii + 394 pp. MM (eds.) 2007 Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 23. Freshwater Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 300 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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