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Ambassis macracanthus Bleeker, 1849

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9.

Common Names

  • Estuarine glass perchlet , English , Australia
  • Estuarine glass perchlet , English , Malaysia
  • Estuarine perchlet , English , Papua New Guinea
  • Glassfish , English , Malaysia
  • Pridin , Malay , Malaysia
  • Seriding , Malay , Malaysia
  • Seriding muara , Malay , Malaysia
  • 大棘双边鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 大棘雙邊魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Ovalentaria/misc

    Family: Ambassidae

    Genus: Ambassis

    Species: Ambassis macracanthus Bleeker, 1849

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Asia and Oceania: Indonesia (from Sumatra to Irian Jaya) to Papua New Guinea. Reported from India (Ref. 45255) and the Philippines (Ref. 7223).

    • Biology

    Inhabits brackish estuaries and lower reaches of freshwater streams, usually within about 10 km of the sea. Found in coastal areas (Ref. 45255).

    Habitat

    freshwater