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Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes)
Etymology: Ambassis: Derived from Greek, anabasis = climbing up (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin; eau douce; saumâtre démersal; amphidrome (Ref. 138274); profondeur 0 - 2 m (Ref. 86942). Tropical; 26°N - 27°S, 75°E - 172°W
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.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.3 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 7050)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 8; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 9 - 10; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 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.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Adults inhabit clear, flowing creeks, usually within 20 kilometers of the sea (Refs. 44894). Commonly found in brackish waters and river mouths 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).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 26.2 - 29.3, mean 28.7 °C (based on 1629 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01202 (0.00494 - 0.02925), b=3.02 (2.83 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.5 ±0.41 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Assuming Fec > 10,000).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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