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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Parachela |
| Species: | P. oxygastroides
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| Parachela oxygastroides (Bleeker, 1852)
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References
edit- ^ Lumbantobing, D.; Jenkins, A.; Tan, H.H. (2020). "Parachela oxygastroides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T169547A91067718. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T169547A91067718.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parachela ocygastroides". 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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