Description

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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.

Common Names

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Glass perch , English , Malaysia

Glassfish , English , Malaysia

Glassfish , English , Papua New Guinea

Interrupta glassy perchlet , English , India

Long-spined glass perchlet , English , Australia

Long-spined glass perchlet , English , Malaysia

Long-spined perchlet , English , Papua New Guinea

Longspine glassfish , English , Australia

Northern perchlet , English , Australia

Perchlet , English , Papua New Guinea

Sailfin perchlet , English , Australia

Nanyô-takasago-ishimochi , Japanese , Japan

Petek , Malay , Malaysia

Pridin , Malay , Malaysia

Seriding duri , Malay , Malaysia

Seriding putih , Malay , Malaysia

Serinding , Malay , Indonesia

断线双边鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

斷線雙邊魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Langaray , Tagalog , Philippines

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ovalentaria/misc

Family: Ambassidae

Genus: Ambassis

Species: Ambassis interrupta Bleeker, 1853

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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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).

Biology

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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).

Habitat

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freshwater