FB-8016 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8016 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Ovalentaria/misc Ambassidae Ambassis Ambassis natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 Slank glasvis Slender glassy Ambache de Natal Poisson d'argent Ambache 南非双边鱼 南非雙邊魚 Ambassis urotaenia (non Bleeker, 1852) Chanda safgha (Fabricius, 1775) Sciaena safgha Fabricius, 1775 1993-05-07 2024-01-15 Maugé, L.A.0 Ambassidae. p. 297-298. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4180) Heemstra, P.C. and T.J. Martin0 Ambassidae. p. 507-508. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4318) Smith, J.L.B.0 Fishes of Inhaca. p. 131-136. In W. Macnae and M. Kalk (eds.) A natural history of Inhaca Island, Moçambique. Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8016 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Amnat_u0.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Amnat_u0.jpg Locality: Kosi Bay, Natal, South Africa. FB-GeneralDescr-8016 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-05-07 00:00:00 2024-01-15 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8016 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Tolerant of freshwater within a temperature range of 19-27°C (Ref. 4180, 52193, 79840). In summer, it feeds mainly in early evening and late morning while in winter, it feeds both day and night on crustaceans as well as insects (aquatic and terrestrial) and fish (Ref. 7248, 52193). Excellent subject for biological research as it easily thrives in captivity (Ref. 12484). Maugé, L.A. 1986 Ambassidae. p. 297-298. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4180) FB-DiagnosticDescr-8016 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-01-14 00:00:00 2023-11-08 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8016 Diagnosis: Ambassis natalensis has following combination of characters: supraorbital spines 1-4; rostral spine absent; rear margin of preopercle entirely serrate; preopercle ridge smooth except for 1-5 tiny spines at rear corner; interopercle smooth or with 1-4 tiny serrae at angle; two rows of cheek scales; predorsal scales 9-11; lateral line continuous; lower gill rakers 19-22; pectoral-fin rays 14-15; teeth on vomer and palatines in 2-3 rows (Ref. 50956).Description: Dorsal fin with 8 spines and 9-11 soft rays; anal fin with 3 spines and 9-11 soft rays; pectoral fin with 14-15 rays (Ref. 4318, 50956, 52193). Lateral line usually continuous, with 27-29 scales, several specimens from Mauritius with lateral line interrupted by 2-3 scales on one or both sides; vertical scale rows 28-30; horizontal scale rows 9-10; cheek scale rows 2; predorsal scales 9-11 (Ref. 50956, 52193). Gill rakers 8-10+19-22 (Ref. 4318, 50956). Supraorbital spines 1-4, more numerous in largest specimens; preorbital ridge smooth in smallest specimens, becoming serrate at about 35 mm standard length; preorbital edge with 5-11 serrae; retrorse rostral spine absent; preopercle ridge smooth except for 1-5 small spines at lower rear corner; lower edge of preopercle with 9-18 serrae, rear margin enirely serrate; interopercle with 1-4 minute spines at angle (Ref. 50956). Teeth in villiform bands on vomer, palatines, tongue and jaws; palatine teeth in 2-3 rows in fish over about 20 mm standard length (Ref. 50956).Colouration: Live colouration translucent greenish-brown dorsally, head and abdomen silvery; scales with minute melanophores; membrane between second and fourth dorsal-fin spine dusky, black at tip; black lineations along bases of unpaired fins (Ref. 50956). Anderson, M.E. and P.C. Heemstra 2003 Review of the glassfishes (Perciformes: Ambassidae) of the Western Indian Ocean. Cybium 27(3):199-209. (Ref. 50956) FB-Morphology-8016 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-01-14 00:00:00 2023-11-08 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8016 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 9 - 11 Anderson, M.E. and P.C. Heemstra 2003 Review of the glassfishes (Perciformes: Ambassidae) of the Western Indian Ocean. Cybium 27(3):199-209. (Ref. 50956) FB-Distribution-8016 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-05-07 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8016 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Western Indian Ocean: East coast from KwaZulu-Natal south to Algoa Bay in South Africa (Ref. 4318, 7248, 52193). Reported from east Africa (Ref. 4318), including Madagascar (Ref. 4180, 50956) and Mauritius (Ref. 50956). Heemstra, P.C. and T.J. Martin 1986 Ambassidae. p. 507-508. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4318) FB-Uses-8016 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-05-07 00:00:00 2024-01-15 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8016 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial; bait: usually van der Elst, R. 1993 A guide to the common sea fishes of southern Africa. (3rd Ed.). Struik Publishers, Cape Town. 398 p. (Ref. 12484) van der Elst, R. 1993 A guide to the common sea fishes of southern Africa. (3rd Ed.). Struik Publishers, Cape Town. 398 p. (Ref. 12484) van der Elst, R. 1993 A guide to the common sea fishes of southern Africa. (3rd Ed.). Struik Publishers, Cape Town. 398 p. (Ref. 12484) FB-TrophicStrategy-8016 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2000-11-27 00:00:00 2008-06-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public natalensis http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Tolerant of freshwater within a temperature range of 19-27°C. In summer, feeds mainly in early evening and late morning while in winter, it feeds both day and night on crustaceans as well as insects (aquatic and terrestrial) and fish. Maugé, L.A. 1986 Ambassidae. p. 297-298. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4180) FB-Size-8016 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-05-07 00:00:00 2024-01-15 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8016 10.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 52193)) Skelton, P.H. 2001 A complete guide to the freshwater fishes of southern Africa. Cape Town (South Africa): Struik Publishers, 395 p. (Ref. 52193) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-8016 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-05-07 00:00:00 2024-01-15 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=8016 demersal; freshwater; brackish; marine