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Gangetic leaffish

Nandus nandus (Hamilton, 1822)

Status not recordedbony fish

The gangetic leaffish (Nandus nandus) is a species in the family Nandidae, order Anabantiformes.

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Quick facts about the gangetic leaffish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the gangetic leaffish live?

Not recorded

Is the gangetic leaffish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the gangetic leaffish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAnabantiformes
  5. familyNandidae
  6. genusNandus
  7. SpeciesNandus nandus (Hamilton, 1822)

Synonyms Bedula hamiltonii, Bengula hamiltonii, Coius nandus, Mandus nandus, Nandus marmoratus

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • ভেদাBangla
  • ostnáč velkotlamýCzech
  • Almindelig bladfiskDanish
  • nandusSpanish
  • Peixe-folha-da-IndochinaPortuguese
  • Индийский нандусRussian
  • மாபாத்சி சீப்பு மீன்Tamil
  • Нандус індійськийUkrainian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the gangetic leaffish

Other species in the same genus Nandus.

Leaf fish

Nandus andrewi

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the gangetic leaffish?

The gangetic leaffish (Nandus nandus) belongs to the family Nandidae in the order Anabantiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Gangetic leaffish (Nandus nandus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/gangetic-leaffish

MLA

“Gangetic leaffish (Nandus nandus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/gangetic-leaffish.

BibTeX
@misc{gangetic_leaffish_2026,
  title = {Gangetic leaffish (Nandus nandus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gangetic-leaffish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}