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Malabar glassy perchlet (Ambassis dussumieri)
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Malabar glassy perchlet (Ambassis dussumieri) specimen
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Ambassidae

Malabar glassy perchlet

Ambassis dussumieri

Black fin membranes show through a translucent back

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • South Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Malabar glassy perchlet is known from Indo-West Pacific from Algoa Bay in South Africa, north as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Maximum length
10 cm
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific from Algoa Bay in South Africa, north to the Red Sea, Seychelles, and eastward around India and Australasia to the Philippines and China (Ref. 50956 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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