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Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes)
Etymology: Ambassis: Derived from Greek, anabasis = climbing up (Ref. 45335).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243). Subtropical, preferred ?
Africa: South Africa to Kenya, Madagascar, Réunion and Mauritius.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 5.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4318)
Dorsal
spines
(total): 8;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 9-10;
Anal
spines: 3;
Anal
soft rays: 9 - 11. With a single supraorbital spine. Rostral spine absent. Preopercle ridge and rear margin serrate. Interopercle edge smooth except for few small serrae at angle. Cheek scales, 2-3 rows. Predorsal scales 13-18. Lateral line continuous.
Tolerant of freshwater when water temperature is within 7-32°C (Ref. 7248, 79840). Tends to be more tolerant of lower temperatures in water of low salinity (2ppt) than in seawater (Ref. 7248). Feeds at night on crustaceans, fish fry and larvae and insects (Ref. 7248). Salt dried and eaten in some countries (Ref. 12484)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Fricke, R., 1999. Fishes of the Mascarene Islands (Réunion, Mauritius, Rodriguez): an annotated checklist, with descriptions of new species. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, Theses Zoologicae, Vol. 31:759 p. (Ref. 33390)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
More information
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