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Parambassis 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, but was later moved into Parambassis.It is native to Indonesia, where it occurs in Sumatra and southern and western Borneo.

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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.34It 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

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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. 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. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Parambassis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  5. 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. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paradoxodacna piratica". FishBase. December 2012 version.