| Paradoxodacna piratica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Ambassidae |
| Genus: | Paradoxodacna |
| Species: | P. piratica |
| Binomial name | |
| Paradoxodacna piratica T. R. Roberts, 1989 | |
Paradoxodacna piratica is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Ambassidae, the Asiatic glassfishes. It was described in 1989 and placed in a new monotypic genus of its own, Paradoxodacna. It is native to Indonesia, where it occurs in Sumatra and southern and western Borneo.
This species grows to a length of 9 centimetres (3.5 in) SL. It has specialized teeth and retrognathous jaws: the upper jaw is longer than the lower. It eats the scales of other fish. This habit inspired its species name, piratica.
This fish lives in tropical streams and rivers.
References
- ^ Roberts, T. R. (1989). The freshwater fishes of western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia). Mem California Acad Sci 14 xii+210 pp. (page 160)
- ^ Roberts, T. R. (1994). Systematic revision of tropical Asian freshwater glassperches (Ambassidae), with descriptions of three new species. Nat Hist Bull Siam Soc 42 263-90.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paradoxodacna piratica". FishBase. December 2012 version.
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| Paradoxodacna piratica | |
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