Tetracentrum apogonoides, Four-spined glass perchlet

Tetracentrum apogonoides Macleay, 1883

Four-spined glass perchlet
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes)
Etymology: Tetracentrum: Greek, tetra = four + Latin, brachium = arm + Greek, kentron = sting (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Macleay.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical; 23°C - 28°C (Ref. 12468); 9°S - 10°S

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Oceania: known only from Papua New Guinea.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2847); common length : 7.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2847)

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Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3 - 4; Anal soft rays: 9.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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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))

  Vulnerable (VU) (B1ab(iii)); Date assessed: 02 December 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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