Description

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9; Vertebrae: 24. Adults have a single supraorbital spine, a short-based, deeply notched dorsal fin, and are transparent and silvery (Ref. 33616).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ovalentaria/misc

Family: Ambassidae

Genus: Ambassis

Species: Ambassis jacksoniensis (Macleay, 1881)

Climate Zone

Location

• Southwest Pacific: Endemic to Australia.

Biology

Occurs in lentic and lotic freshwater, as well as in mangrove areas (Ref. 7300). A small schooling species also found in estuaries and coastal marine waters (Ref. 33616).

Habitat

freshwater

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless