Elongate glass-perchlet

Superclass           :Gnathostomata
Class                     :Actinopterygii
Subclass               :Neopterygii
Division                :Teleostei
Subdivision          :Euteleostei
Superorder           :Acanthopterygii
Series                   :Atherinomorpha
Order                     :Perciformes
Suborder               :Percoidei
Family                   :Chandidae
Genus                    :Chanda Hamilton-Buchanan
Scientific name    :Chanda Nama Hamilton-Buchanan
English name        :Elongate glss-perchlet
Kannada name     :Bachanike, burate
Distinguishing charecters    :D- VII+I 15-17, P- ii 11-12, V-I 5, A-III 15-17, C-17, L.L. 100-107
Size attains    :100 mm.
Distribution    :Krishna, Cauvery and Godavary river drainages.

Description    :Body ovate and compressed. Head short, compressed. Snout sharp. Mouth wide, protractile, extending to front border of orbit or slightly beyond. Posterior nostril vertically oval. Eyes large, superior. Preorbital edge with four serrae. Lips thin. Lower jaw strongly projecting. Jaws, palate and tongue with villiform teeth. Two dorsal fins; the two fins continuous. Caudal fin forked. Scales cycloid, very small. Yellowish - olive, covered all over with minute black dots, which, on shoulder, are collected into an oblong patch, having its longest diameter vertical; summit of the head and top of the eyes black. Fins orange, upper half of first dorsal deep black; a dark upper edge to second dorsal; caudal dark with a light outer margin; anal with a black mark over the bases of the spines. In some specimens, the caudal is black - tipped.