Classification / Names
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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) >
Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes)
Etymology: Chanda: Greek, chandon = with the mouth opened (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Hamilton.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Subtropical; 18°C - 25°C (Ref. 2059)
Asia: India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 118477)
Occurs in ponds, ditches, pools and rivers (Ref. 4833).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Yoshigou, H., 2025. Morphological comparison within the glass perchlets genus Ambassis (Osteichthyes: Ovalentalia: Ambassidae), with reference to the comparison of some characters shared with other related genera. Miscellaneous Reports of the Hiwa Museum for Natural History 66:1-47. (Ref. 138911)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01318 (0.00557 - 0.03121), b=2.98 (2.80 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |
Nutrients (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 486 [272, 1,049] mg/100g; Iron = 2.33 [1.37, 3.98] mg/100g; Protein = 17.2 [15.5, 19.2] %; Omega3 = 0.459 [0.172, 1.312] g/100g; Selenium = 16 [5, 60] μg/100g; VitaminA = 95.4 [33.8, 248.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.37 [1.54, 3.76] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies. |