Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes) |
14 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
demersal, amphidromous |
Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Philippines, Fiji and Carolines, north to Sagami Bay, Japan (Ref. 559). |
Dorsal spines (total): 8-8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 9-10. Body all silvery and translucent with a dusky midlateral band. Back margin evenly dark. Membrane between 2nd and 3rd dorsal spine blackish. Mouth strongly oblique. Margin almost straight from the origin of the 1st dorsal snout. |
Common in brackish waters near river mouths where it occurs in schools; sometimes found in upper streams (Ref. 559). Mainly marine but enters rivers (Ref. 4967). |
(Ref. 96402)
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harmless |
Specimens were collected from Kiga creek and Ambacan River at Baybay, Leyte in 1993 (Ref. 7223). Reported from Lake Taal and Lake Naujan (Ref. 13446). Also Ref. 4180. |