Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes)
Etymology: Ambassis: Derived from Greek, anabasis = climbing up (Ref. 45335). More on author: Bleeker.

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 59012). Tropical, preferred ?; 19°N - 23°S

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Asia: Indo-Australian Archipelago, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, to northern Australia and the Andaman Sea. Reported from Palau (Ref. 6371) and the Ryukyu Islands (Ref. 559).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 7.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7050); common length : 5.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7242); max. published weight: 12.00 g (Ref. 7242)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10. Body very high, 50% of SL. Lateral line incomplete, but a few pored scales on a silvery midlateral band. Lower margin of inter operculum with few spines. The second spine of the first dorsal fin is strong and very long. Attains 8 cm TL.

Found in brackish-water, mangrove, estuarine and freshwater-stream habitats, usually within 20 km of the sea (Ref. 2847). They occur at temperatures ranging from 28 to 32°C. Found in schools and migrate to freshwater. Mainly diurnal. A predominantly marine or estuarine spawner. Caught by hand and scoop nets (Ref. 7242).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

A nonobligatory plant spawner.

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Allen, G.R., 1991. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of New Guinea. Publication, no. 9. 268 p. Christensen Research Institute, Madang, Papua New Guinea. (Ref. 2847)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial

FAO(Publication : search) | FisheriesWiki | Sea Around Us

More information

Countries
FAO areas
Ecosystems
Occurrences
Introductions
Stocks
Ecology
Diet
Food items
Food consumption
Ration

Common names
Synonyms
Metabolism
Predators
Ecotoxicology
Reproduction
Maturity
Spawning
Fecundity
Eggs
Egg development

Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Length-frequencies
Morphometrics
Morphology
Larvae
Larval dynamics
Recruitment
Abundance

References
Aquaculture
Aquaculture profile
Strains
Genetics
Allele frequencies
Heritability
Diseases
Processing
Mass conversion

Collaborators
Pictures
Stamps, Coins
Sounds
Ciguatera
Speed
Swim. type
Gill area
Otoliths
Brains
Vision

Tools

Special reports

Check for Aquarium maintenance | Check for Species Fact Sheets | Check for Aquaculture Fact Sheets

Download XML

Summary page | Point data | Common names | Photos

Internet sources

Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01288 (0.00664 - 0.02501), b=2.95 (2.78 - 3.12), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278): 2.7 ±0.1 se; Based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Fec=29,000-310,000).

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (16 of 100) .

Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.

Ambassis interrupta Bleeker, 1853