Description

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

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ovalentaria/misc

Family: Ambassidae

Genus: Ambassis

Species: Ambassis vachellii Richardson, 1846

Climate Zone

Location

• Indo-West Pacific.

Biology

Found in brackish waters of bays, estuaries and tidal mangrove creeks, sometimes entering fresh water (Ref. 2847, 44894). Occurs in lotic and lentic freshwater (Ref. 7300).

Habitat

freshwater

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless