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Long-spined glass perchlet (Ambassis interrupta)
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Long-spined glass perchlet (Ambassis interrupta) specimen
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Ambassidae

Long-spined glass perchlet

Ambassis interrupta

A bright anal spot beneath a silver stripe

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Oceania
  • Southeast Asia
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Long-spined glass perchlet is a freshwater fish found around Asia. It inhabits estuaries and brackish water. Records give a maximum length of 12 cm.

Maximum length
12 cm
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Asia: Indo-Australian Archipelago, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, to northern Australia and the Andaman Sea. Reported from Palau (Ref. 6371 ) and the Ryukyu Islands (Ref. 559 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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