Glass fish

Glass fish Kryptopterus bicirrhus has iridescent body, can see all parts of the body because the whole body of glassfish is almost translucent color. Drum body length is nearly 1dm.

Dorsal fin is so small that it becomes a single piece. Fish have tight teeth and long beard (also called glass whiskers). They live in flocks in the middle water, but rarely live alone on the riverbed like other types of beard. They specialize in feeding during the day. Their food is small underwater invertebrates like water beetles, larvae, .

When sleeping, this type of glass fish hangs in the water with the lower appendage of the caudal fin resting on the bottom of the river and lake bottom.

The tiny glass fish living in the middle layer of water is very dangerous because it is easy to become a good prey for wild fish. However, glass whiskers have a very unique defense: They come together in small flocks, the transparent body of each individual blends into the herd. that disturbs the evil fish, making it difficult for aquatic predators to identify individual glass fish, so it is difficult to attack.

Fish Kryptopterus bicirrhus live in freshwater lakes in Malaysia and Indonesia, lay eggs in fresh water and hatched eggs after 2 to 3 weeks.