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Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) >
Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes)
Etymology: Ambassis: Derived from Greek, anabasis = climbing up (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bleeker.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
marino; agua dulce; salobre demersal; anfidromo (Ref. 51243). Tropical
Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Philippines, Fiji and Carolines, north to Sagami Bay, Japan (Ref. 559).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 637)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 8; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 9 - 10; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 9 - 10. Body all silvery and translucent with a dusky midlateral band. Back margin evenly dark. Membrane between 2nd and 3rd dorsal spine blackish. Mouth strongly oblique. Margin almost straight from the origin of the 1st dorsal snout.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Common in brackish waters near river mouths where it occurs in schools; sometimes found in upper streams (Ref. 559). Mainly marine but enters rivers (Ref. 4967).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Referencia
123201): 24.9 - 29, mean 28.1 °C (based on 882 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01230 (0.00666 - 0.02273), b=3.00 (2.84 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Assuming Fec > 10,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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