Chanda siamensis

{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}}

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| image = Parambassis siamensis.jpg

| image_caption = Indonesia, Toba Lake, 8-19-2014, 6.2 cm,

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn | author = Vidthayanon, C. | author2 = Ng, H.H. | year = 2020 | title = Parambassis siamensis | volume = 2020 | page = e.T181129A89797925 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T181129A89797925.en}}

| genus = Chanda

| species = siamensis

| authority = Fowler, 1937

| synonyms =

  • Ambassis siamensis (Fowler, 1937)
  • Chanda punctulata Fraser-Brunner, 1955
  • Parambassis siamensis (Fowler, 1937)
  • Parambassis punctulata (Fraser-Brunner, 1955)

}}

Chanda siamensis, the Siamese glassfish, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the Asiatic glassfish family Ambassidae. It is native to the mainland Southeast Asia in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos; records from Singapore and Java (Indonesia) probably are introductions. Its range includes the Mekong, Mae Klong, and Chao Phraya basins. It grows to {{cvt|7.5|cm}} standard length, although typical length is about {{cvt|4|cm}}.

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Category:Fish of the Mekong Basin

Category:Fish of Cambodia

Category:Fish of Laos

Category:Fish of Thailand

Category:Fish of Vietnam

Category:Fish described in 1937

Category:Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler

Category:Ambassidae

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