Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10. Resembles A. urotaenia, but differs in having large eye, and a gently-rounded snout. Eye diameter over 30% and interorbital width over 20% of head length. Cheek scales in 2 rows. Attains 8 cm TL.

Common Names

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Flag-tailed glass perchlet , English , Australia

Flag-tailed glassfish , English , Australia

Flag-tailed perchlet , English , Papua New Guinea

Flagtail glassfish , English , Australia

Myops glassy perchlet , English , India

Sesuji-takasago-ishimochi , Japanese , Japan

少棘双边鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

少棘雙邊魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

少棘雙邊魚 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei

Lafa , Samoan , Samoa

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ovalentaria/misc

Family: Ambassidae

Genus: Ambassis

Species: Ambassis miops Günther, 1872

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Indo-Pacific: Arabian Sea and India, to Indonesia, Malaysia, East Timor, Taiwan, southern Japan, northern Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa and the Cook Is.

Biology

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Inhabits clear, flowing creeks, usually within 20 kilometers of the sea (Ref. 44894). Commonly found in brackish waters and river mouths. Occurs near mangroves, stagnant and running freshwater (Ref. 7300) and coastal areas (Ref. 45255). This species has a marine larval stage, judging from its broad distribution. One of the best viewing areas is at the Freshwater creek picnic ground in Cairns, where individuals frequently aggregate along the vegetated stream margin (Ref. 44894).

Habitat

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freshwater