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Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes)
Etymology: Ambassis: Derived from Greek, anabasis = climbing up (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Sir William John Macleay (1820–1891) was a Scottish medical student who followed his uncle Alexander to Sidney (1838), where he became an all-round naturalist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Castelnau.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce démersal. Tropical; 20°C - 32°C (Ref. 2060)
Oceania: Australia and New Guinea.
Longueur à la première maturité / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm 3.0, range 3 - 3.5 cm
Max length : 9.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 44894)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 8; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 9 - 11; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 9 - 11.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Occurs along the vegetated margins of streams and swamps, often among dense aquatic vegetation (Ref. 44894). Feeds mainly on small crustaceans as well as on aquatic insects, juvenile fishes and algae (Ref. 5259).
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
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial; Aquarium: Commercial
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
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): 3.2 ±0.46 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (tm=1).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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