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Ambassis elongata (Castelnau, 1878)

Description

Common Names

  • Gulfinnet glasfisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Disco fish , English , Philippines
  • Elongate glassfish , English , Australia
  • Yellow-fin perchlet , English , Australia
  • Yellowfin glassfish , English , USA
  • Keltalasiahven , Finnish , Finland
  • Gestreckter Glasbarsch , German , Germany
  • 黃鰭雙邊魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 黄鳍双边鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Ovalentaria/misc

    Family: Ambassidae

    Genus: Ambassis

    Species: Ambassis elongata (Castelnau, 1878)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Oceania: restricted to the O'Shannessy River (138°45'E), Leichardt River (139°49'E) and Norman River (141°08'E), Queensland in the Gulf of Carpentaria drainage, Australia.

    • Biology

    Inhabits freshwater streams that frequently have moderate to high turbidity levels (Ref. 5259). Found among vegetation at the margin of creeks and rivers (Ref. 44894). Not much information on natural history, however, Ref. 7276 reports that it is a carnivore (confirmed by Ref. 6398) and Ref. 2906 reports that it breeds in small ponds or aquaria.

    Habitat

    benthopelagic