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Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes)
Etymology: Ambassis: Derived from Greek, anabasis = climbing up (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Rev George Harvey Vachell (1799–1839) was chaplain to the British East India Company’s factory at Macao. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Richardson.
Milieu: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / verspreidingsgebied
Ecologie
marien; zoet water; brak water demersaal; oceanodroom (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 5°N - 17°S
Indo-West Pacific.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturiteit: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.5 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 44894)
Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 8; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 9; Anale stekels: 3; Anale zachte stralen: 9.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Found in brackish waters of bays, estuaries and tidal mangrove creeks, sometimes entering fresh water (Ref. 2847, 44894). Occurs in lotic and lentic freshwater (Ref. 7300).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
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)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Harmless
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Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01202 (0.00503 - 0.02873), b=3.02 (2.83 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trofisch niveau (Ref. 69278) |
3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Generation time |
2.1 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies. |
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref. 120179) |
Hoog, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd minder dan 15 maanden (K=0.55; Assuming Fec > 10,000). |
Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (24 of 100). 🛈 |