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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.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce demersal. Tropical; 20°C - 32°C (Ref. 2060)
Oceania: Australia and New Guinea.
Longitud en la primera madurez / Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm 3.0, range 3 - 3.5 cm
Max length : 9.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 44894)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 8; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 9 - 11; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 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).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
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).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.2 ±0.46 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (tm=1).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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