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Elongate glassy perchlet

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Elongate glassy perchlet
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
(unranked): Ovalentaria
Family: Ambassidae
Genus: Chanda
F. Hamilton, 1822
Species:
C. nama
Binomial name
Chanda nama
Synonyms[2]
  • Ambassis nama (Hamilton, 1822)
  • Bogoda nama (Hamilton, 1822)
  • Hamiltonia nama (Hamilton, 1822)
  • Chanda bogoda Hamilton, 1822
  • Ambassis bogoda (Hamilton, 1822)
  • Chanda phula Hamilton, 1822
  • Ambassis phula (Hamilton, 1822)
  • Ambassis oblonga Cuvier, 1828
  • Equula ovata Swainson, 1839
  • Hamiltonia ovata (Swainson, 1839)
  • Ambassis indica McClelland & Griffith, 1842

The elongate glassy perchlet (Chanda nama) is a species of freshwater fish in the Asiatic glassfish family Ambassidae of order Perciformes, the only species in the genus Chanda.[3] It is native to an area of south Asia from Pakistan to Burma, in the Indomalayan realm.

The elongate glassy perchlet reaches a maximum total length of 11 centimetres (4.3 in).

Elongate glassy perchlet, West Bengal, India

The species inhabits canals, ponds, streams, and flooded rice paddies, in both fresh and brackish water, and is found in particular abundance during the rainy season. The species feeds on mosquito larvae and worms and also eats the scales of other fishes (lepidophagy),[4] the species may have potential use in controlling malaria and parasites.

The fish are harvested and sold for food in local markets.

Several other species of family Ambassidae were formerly classified in genus Chanda, including the well-known Indian glassy fish, Parambassis ranga, the "glassfish" of the aquarium trade; and the high-finned glass perchlet, Parambassis lala, once considered the type species of the genus.

The elongate glassy perchlet is known by a variety of names locally, including "perchlet" and several variations on its generic name ("chanda", "channa", etc.); internationally it is also known as the elongated glassfish.

References

  1. ^ Dahanukar, N. (2010). "Chanda nama". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T166505A6224088. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166505A6224088.en.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Chanda nama" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Chanda in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  4. ^ Archis R. Grubh & Kirk O. Winemiller (2004). "Ontogeny of Scale Feeding in the Asian Glassfish, Chanda nama (Ambassidae)". Copeia. 4: 903–907. doi:10.1643/CE-02-095R1.


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