Parachela oxygastroides
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| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/ParachelaP. oxygastroides
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| Template:Taxonomy/ParachelaParachela oxygastroides (Bleeker, 1852)
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Parachela oxygastroides, also known as the glass fish, is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Southeast Asia in rivers and wetlands, including seasonally flooded forests. Of length 10–20 cm, it is caught commercially for food and sold in markets; it is one of the species used in Cambodian cuisine to make the fish paste prahok.[2][3]
References
- ^ Jenkins, A.; Kullander, F.F.; Tan, H.H. (2009). "Parachela oxygastroides ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T169547A6645702. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169547A6645702.en.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Parachela ocygastroides" in FishBase. October 2018 version.
- ^ Walter J. Rainboth; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (1996). Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. Food & Agriculture Org. p. 69. ISBN 978-92-5-103743-0.
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