Parachela oxygastroides

Parachela oxygastroides, also known as the glass fish, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies.^[2] 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.^[3][4]

Parachela oxygastroides
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Xenocyprididae
Genus:	Parachela
Species:	P. oxygastroides
Binomial name
Parachela oxygastroides (Bleeker, 1852)[2]
Synonyms[2]
Chela oxygastroides (Bleeker, 1852) Leuciscus oxygastroides Bleeker, 1852 Oxygaster oxygastroides (Bleeker, 1852) Chela megalolepis Günther, 1868