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Ambassis miops Günther, 1872

Flag-tailed glass perchlet
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Common names: Flagtail glassfish, Flag-tailed glass perchlet, Flag-tailed glassfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Starcke River to Cairns, Queensland. (Ref. 7300). Known from Mulgrave and South Johnstone rivers, Wet Tropics, Northern Queensland (Ref. 40054). Occurs in the Barron, Daintree, Bloomfield, Endeavour and Starcke rivers (Ref. 44894). Also Ref. 7300.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Allen, G.R., S.H. Midgley and M. Allen, 2002
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Myops glassy perchlet, Flagtail glassfish, Flag-tailed perchlet, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes)
Etymology: Ambassis: Derived from Greek, anabasis = climbing up (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Günther.

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 2 m (Ref. 86942).   Tropical; 26°N - 27°S, 75°E - 172°W

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