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Chanda nama (Elongate glass-perchlet; Glassy perchlet; Perchlet)

Synonyms: Ambassis bogoda; Ambassis indica; Ambassis nama; Ambassis oblonga; Ambassis phula; Bogoda nama; Chanda bogoda; Chanda phula; Equula ovata; Hamiltonia nama; Hamiltonia ovata
Language: Bengali; Danish; Finnish; Kannada; Mandarin Chinese; Marathi; Nepali; Tamil

Wikipedia Abstract

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. It is native to an area of south Asia from Pakistan to Burma, in the Indomalaya ecozone. The elongate glassy perchlet reaches a maximum overall length of 11 cm (4.3 in).
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Potamodromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Sunderban National Park 261613 India  

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cucullanus dogieli <Unverified Name>[2]
Urocleidus recurvatus <Unverified Name>[2]

Distribution

Asia - Inland waters; Asia: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.; Bangladesh; Chilka Lake; Godavari; India; Krishna River; Myanmar; Nepal; Oriental; Pakistan;

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Citations

Species recognized by , , FishBase in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org ♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
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