Parachela oxygastroides

Description

Parachela oxygastroides, also known as the glass fish, is a freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae family. 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. In the aquarium trade these fish are often dyed to make them more colourful, a process which may stress the fish, shorten its life or even kill it immediately, they are then referred to as "painted glassfish".