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''Parambassis'' is a
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in the Asiatic glassfish
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Ambassidae The Asiatic glassfishes are a family, the Ambassidae, of freshwater and marine fishes that were formerly classified in the order Perciformes, but most authorities consider this order to be paraphyletic and that the Ambassidae are of uncertain a ...
of
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. The
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is the Iridescent glassy perchlet (''Ambassis apogonoides''). These fishes originate mostly from
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, but the
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range across the
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. Although primiarly found in
fresh water Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...
, a few species can also be seen in
brackish water Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing seawater (salt water) and fresh water together, as in estua ...
. The ''Parambassis'' species range in maximum size from , but they are similar in appearance, with a
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-shaped form, typical
perciform Perciformes (), also called the Percomorpha or Acanthopteri, is an order (biology), order or superorder of Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish. If considered a single order, they are the most numerous order of vertebrates, containing about 41% of a ...
fins, and semitransparent or transparent body. Several of the species are common food fish in local markets, and some (most notably the Indian glassy perchlet) are kept as
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fish.


Species

There are currently 19 currently recognized species in this genus: * ''
Parambassis alleni ''Parambassis'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the Asiatic glassfish family Ambassidae of order Perciformes. The type species is the Iridescent glassy perchlet (''Ambassis apogonoides''). These fishes originate mostly from Southeast Asia, but t ...
'' ( N. C. Datta & S. Chaudhuri, 1993) * ''
Parambassis altipinnis ''Parambassis altipinnis'', commonly known as the high-finned glass perchlet, is a species of fish in the family Ambassidae. It is endemic to West Papua in Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southea ...
'' G. R. Allen, 1982 (High-finned glassy perchlet) * ''
Parambassis apogonoides ''Parambassis apogonoides'', commonly known as the iridescent glassy perchlet, is a species of freshwater fish from Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South- ...
'' (
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Parambassis baculis ''Parambassis'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the Asiatic glassfish family Ambassidae of order Perciformes. The type species is the Iridescent glassy perchlet (''Ambassis apogonoides''). These fishes originate mostly from Southeast Asia, but t ...
'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (Himalayan glassy perchlet) * ''
Parambassis bistigmata ''Parambassis'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the Asiatic glassfish family (biology), family Ambassidae of order (biology), order Perciformes. The type species is the Iridescent glassy perchlet (''Ambassis apogonoides''). These fishes originat ...
'' Geetakumari, 2012 * '' Parambassis confinis'' ( M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Sepik glassy perchlet) * '' Parambassis dayi'' (
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Parambassis gulliveri'' ( Castelnau, 1878) (Giant glassfish) * '' Parambassis lala'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (High-fin glassy perchlet) * '' Parambassis macrolepis'' (
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Parambassis pulcinella ''Parambassis pulcinella'', the humphead glassfish or humphead perchlet, is a species of Asiatic glassfish native to fast-flowing streams in the Ataran basin (itself a part of the Salween basin) in southeast Myanmar and west Thailand.SeriouslyFi ...
''
Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandC ...
, 2003
(Humphead glassy perchlet) * ''
Parambassis ranga ''Parambassis ranga'', commonly known as the Indian glassy fish, Indian glassy perch, or Indian X-ray fish, is a species of freshwater fish in the Asiatic glassfish family Ambassidae of order Perciformes. It is native to an area of South Asia fro ...
'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (Indian glassy perchlet) * '' Parambassis serrata'' Mayanglambam & Vishwanath, 2015Mayanglambam, D. & Vishwanath, W. (2015): ''Parambassis serrata'', a new species of glassperch (Teleostei: Ambassidae) from the Kaladan drainage, India. ''Zootaxa, 4040 (5): 583–588.'' * '' Parambassis siamensis'' ( Fowler, 1937) (Indochinese glassy perchlet) * '' Parambassis tenasserimensis'' Roberts, 1995 * '' Parambassis thomassi'' ( F. Day, 1870) (Western Ghats glassy perchlet) * '' Parambassis vollmeri'' T. R. Roberts, 1995 * '' Parambassis waikhomi'' Geetakumari & Basudha, 2012Geetakumari, K. & Basudha, C. (2012)
''Parambassis waikhomi'', a new species of glassfish (Teleostei: Ambassidae) from Loktak Lake, northeastern India.
''Journal of Threatened Taxa, 4 (14): 3327–3332.''
* '' Parambassis wolffii'' (
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher"). Ambassidae Freshwater fish genera Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker {{Percoidea-stub