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Leaf fish (Nandus andrewi)
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Leaf fish (Nandus andrewi) specimen
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Nandidae

Leaf fish

Nandus andrewi

Nandid Fish Reaching Twelve Point Five Centimeters

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • South Asia
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Leaf fish is a freshwater fish from Asia. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 12.5 cm.

Family
Nandidae
Genus
Nandus
Maximum length
12.5 cm
Water
Freshwater
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Asia: India: currently only known from the Ichamati River drainage in northeastern. The Ichamati River (not to be confused with a tributary of the Brahmaputra River with a similar name in Bangladesh) is a tributary of the Hooghly River, itself part of the Ganges River drainage.
Conservation status
DDData Deficient

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