Parambassis dayi (Bleeker, 1874)
Day's glassy perchlet
Day's glass fish,  Day's glassy perchlet,  Nandan,  നന്ദന്

Family:  Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes)
Max. size:  17.5 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater; brackish
Distribution:  Asia: endemic to India.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Found in freshwaters and estuarine lakes (Ref. 4833).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 02 October 2010 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:  Known from Western Ghats of Kerala, Malabar, Vembanad lake, Kuttanad and hilly regions of north and central Travancore (Ref. 45255). Also Ref. 4833, 10429, 41236, 43640, 87807. Status of threat: Endangered (Ref. 50614).


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