Paradoxodacna piratica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Family: | Ambassidae |
Genus: | Paradoxodacna |
Species: | P. piratica
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Binomial name | |
Paradoxodacna piratica
T. R. Roberts, 1989
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Paradoxodacna piratica is a species of fish in the family Ambassidae, the Asiatic glassfishes. It was described in 1989 and placed in a new monotypic genus of its own, Paradoxodacna. [1] It is native to Indonesia, where it occurs in Sumatra and southern and western Borneo. [2]
This species grows to a length of 9 centimetres (3.5 in) SL. [3] It has specialized teeth and retrognathous jaws: the upper jaw is longer than the lower. It eats the scales of other fish. [2] This habit inspired its species name, piratica. [1]
This fish lives in tropical streams and rivers. [3]
Paradoxodacna piratica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Family: | Ambassidae |
Genus: | Paradoxodacna |
Species: | P. piratica
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Binomial name | |
Paradoxodacna piratica
T. R. Roberts, 1989
|
Paradoxodacna piratica is a species of fish in the family Ambassidae, the Asiatic glassfishes. It was described in 1989 and placed in a new monotypic genus of its own, Paradoxodacna. [1] It is native to Indonesia, where it occurs in Sumatra and southern and western Borneo. [2]
This species grows to a length of 9 centimetres (3.5 in) SL. [3] It has specialized teeth and retrognathous jaws: the upper jaw is longer than the lower. It eats the scales of other fish. [2] This habit inspired its species name, piratica. [1]
This fish lives in tropical streams and rivers. [3]