Asiatic glassfishes
Indian glassy fish, Parambassis ranga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Ambassidae
Genera
Ambassis Chanda Denariusa Gymnochanda Paradoxodacna Parambassis Pseudambassis Tetracentrum See text for species. Image File history File linksMetadata Parambassis_ranga01. ... Binomial name Parambassis ranga (Hamilton, 1822) The Indian glassy fish, Parambassis ranga, is a species of freshwater fish in the Asiatic glassfish family (family Ambassidae) of order Perciformes. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Digimon, the only known animals. ... Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... Orders See text The Actinopterygii are the ray-finned fish. ... Families many, see text The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, include about 40% of all fish and are the largest order of vertebrates. ... For other uses of the word, please see Genus (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Chanda nama Hamilton, 1822 The elongate glassy perchlet (Chanda nama) is a species of freshwater fish in the Asiatic glassfish family (family Ambassidae) of order Perciformes. ... Species (see text) Parambassis Bleeker, 1874, is a genus of freshwater fish in the Asiatic glassfish family (family Ambassidae) of order Perciformes. ...

The Asiatic glassfishes are a family, Ambassidae, of freshwater and marine fishes in order Perciformes. The species in the family are native to the waters of Asia and Oceania and the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. The family includes eight genera and about fifty species. In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank. ... For the village on the Isle of Wight, see Freshwater, Isle of Wight. ... Sea water is water from a sea or ocean. ... A giant grouper at the Georgia Aquarium Fish are aquatic vertebrates that are typically cold-blooded; covered with scales, and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins. ... Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Families many, see text The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, include about 40% of all fish and are the largest order of vertebrates. ... In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... Look up Oceania in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses of the word, please see Genus (disambiguation). ...

The family was formerly known as the Chandidae, which name ITIS continues to use. FishBase notes that Ambassidae Klunzinger, 1870, has priority over Chandidae Fowler, 1905.[1] Please note that the ITIS system URL has changed (25 September 2006). ... FishBase is a comprehensive database of information about fish. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ...

The Ambassidae reach a maximum size of approximately 26 cm (10 in). Many of the species are noted for their transparent or semi-transparent bodies. The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Transparent glass ball In optics, transparency is the property of allowing light to pass. ...

The Indian glassy fish, Parambassis ranga, is sometimes injected with coloured dyes by unscrupulous dealers in Thailand. The process, known as painting, dyeing or juicing fish is strongly opposed by many in the aquarium community. UK based aquarium publication Practical Fishkeeping has been campaigning since 1997 to stop the trade in these fish and runs a global register of stores who have pledged not to stock them. More than half of the UK's aquarium shops have signed up and the fish are now less common in the UK as a result. Binomial name Parambassis ranga (Hamilton, 1822) The Indian glassy fish, Parambassis ranga, is a species of freshwater fish in the Asiatic glassfish family (family Ambassidae) of order Perciformes. ... Painted Parambassis ranga specimen. ...

Species

There are about fifty species in eight genera:

• Genus Ambassis
  • Agassiz's olive glassfish, Ambassis agassizii Steindachner, 1867.
  • Sailfin glass perchlet, Ambassis agrammus Günther, 1867.
  • Commerson's glassy, Ambassis ambassis (Lacépède, 1802).
  • Buru glass perchlet, Ambassis buruensis Bleeker, 1856.
  • Buton glassy perchlet, Ambassis buton Popta, 1918.
  • Malabar glassy perchlet, Ambassis dussumieri Cuvier, 1828.
  • Yellowfin glassfish, Ambassis elongatus (Castelnau, 1878).
  • Dusky glass perch, Ambassis fontoynonti Pellegrin, 1932.
    

    

    This Indian glassy fish, Parambassis ranga, has been "painted" by injection with pink dye.
  • Bald glassy, Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacépède, 1802).
  • Long-spined glass perchlet, Ambassis interrupta Bleeker, 1852.
  • Port Jackson perchlet, Ambassis jacksoniensis (Macleay, 1881).
  • Freckled hawkfish, Ambassis kopsii Bleeker, 1858.
  • Macleay's glass perchlet, Ambassis macleayi (Castelnau, 1878).
  • Estuarine glass perchlet, Ambassis macracanthus Bleeker, 1849.
  • Estuary perchlet, Ambassis marianus Günther, 1880.
  • Flag-tailed glass perchlet, Ambassis miops Günther, 1872.
  • Mueller's glassfish, Ambassis muelleri Klunzinger, 1880.
  • Scalloped perchlet, Ambassis nalua (Hamilton, 1822).
  • Slender glassy, Ambassis natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908.
  • Longspine glassy, Ambassis productus Guichenot, 1866.
  • Banded-tail glassy perchlet, Ambassis urotaenia Bleeker, 1852.
  • Vachelli's glass perchlet, Ambassis vachellii Richardson, 1846.
• Genus Chanda
  • Elongate glass-perchlet, Chanda nama Hamilton, 1822.
• Genus Denariusa
  • Denariusa australis (Steindachner, 1867).
  • Pennyfish, Denariusa bandata Whitley, 1948.
• Genus Gymnochanda
  • Gymnochanda filamentosa Boeseman, 1957.
  • Gymnochanda flamea Roberts, 1994.
  • Gymnochanda limi Kottelat, 1995.
• Genus Paradoxodacna
  • Paradoxodacna piratica Roberts, 1989.
• Genus Parambassis
  • High-finned glass perchlet, Parambassis altipinnis Allen, 1982.
  • Iridescent glassy perchlet, Parambassis apogonoides (Bleeker, 1851).
  • Sepik glass perchlet, Parambassis confinis (Weber, 1913).
  • Day's glassy perchlet, Parambassis dayi (Bleeker, 1874).
  • Giant glassfish, Parambassis gulliveri (Castelnau, 1878).
  • Highfin glassy perchlet, Parambassis lala (Hamilton, 1822).
  • Parambassis macrolepis (Bleeker, 1857).
  • Parambassis pulcinella Kottelat, 2003.
  • Indian glassy fish, Parambassis ranga (Hamilton, 1822).
  • Parambassis siamensis (Fowler, 1937).
  • Parambassis tenasserimensis Roberts, 1994.
  • Western Ghat glassy perchlet, Parambassis thomassi (Day, 1870).
  • Parambassis vollmeri Roberts, 1994.
  • Duskyfin glassy perchlet, Parambassis wolffii (Bleeker, 1851).
• Genus Pseudambassis
  • Pseudambassis alleni Datta & Chaudhuri, 1993.
  • Himalayan glassy perchlet, Pseudambassis baculis (Hamilton, 1822).
  • Pseudambassis roberti Datta & Chaudhuri, 1993.
• Genus Tetracentrum
  • Four-spined glass perchlet, Tetracentrum apogonoides (Bleeker, 1851).
  • Kokoda glass perchlet, Tetracentrum caudovittatus (Norman, 1935).
  • Honess' glass perchlet, Tetracentrum honessi (Schultz, 1945).

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References

• "Ambassidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. October 2004 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2004.
• Chandidae (TSN 553177). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 5 December 2004.

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External links

• Practical Fishkeeping magazine