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Ambassis buruensis Bleeker, 1856

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9. Cheek scales in 2 rows. Lateral line strongly curved midway and runs long with a silvery mid-lateral band. Lower margin of interoperculum with a single spine.

Common Names

  • Buru glass perchlet , English , Australia
  • Buru glass perchlet , English , Malaysia
  • Buru glass perchlet , English , Micronesia
  • Buru glassfish , English , Malaysia
  • Buru perchlet , English , Papua New Guinea
  • Loistolasiahven , Finnish , Finland
  • Pippurilasiahven , Finnish , Finland
  • Togenaga-takasago-ishimochi , Japanese , Japan
  • Pridin , Malay , Malaysia
  • Seriding buru , Malay , Malaysia
  • Seriding putih , Malay , Malaysia
  • 弯线双边鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 彎線雙邊魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 彎線雙邊魚 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 暹罗玻璃鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 暹羅玻璃魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Ovalentaria/misc

    Family: Ambassidae

    Genus: Ambassis

    Species: Ambassis buruensis Bleeker, 1856

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Pacific: Thailand to Indonesia and the Philippines (Ref. 12693), New Guinea (Ref. 2847) and the Ryukyu Islands (Ref. 559).

    • Biology

    Adults occur in brackish mangrove estuaries and lower reaches of freshwater streams (Ref. 2847, 37816). Probably feed on small insects, crustaceans and other invertebrates. Not seen in markets (Ref. 12693).

    Habitat

    brackish