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Ambassis macleayi in Australia
Macleay's glass perchlet

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Ambassis macleayi   (Castelnau, 1878)
Family:	Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes)			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Macleay's glass perchlet
Max. size:	9.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 44894)
Environment:	demersal
Climate:	tropical; 20 - 32°C
Global Importance:	aquarium: commercial
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tm=1)
Distribution:	Oceania: Australia and New Guinea.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 8-8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-11; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 9-11
Biology:	Occurs along the vegetated margins of streams and swamps, often among dense aquatic vegetation (Ref. 44894). Feeds mainly on small crustaceans as well as on aquatic insects, juvenile fishes and algae (Ref. 5259)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley. 1989. (Ref. 7300)
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Australia country information
Common names:	Macleay's glassfish, Macleay's glass perchlet, Macleayi's glassfish, Network perchlet, Reticulated glassfish, Reticulated perchlet		Ref:  Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Known from the Carson River, Western Australia to the Jardine River, Qld. (Ref. 7300). Recorded from the following river systems (proceeding eastwards): Ord, Victoria, Daly, Finniss, Mary, East Alligator, Roper, McArthur, Gregory, Gilbert, Norman, Mitchell, Archer and Jardine (Ref. 44894). Also Ref. 5259, 7300.
States/Provinces:	Northern Territory (native) Queensland (native) Western Australia (native)
States/Provinces Complete?:	Yes
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/as.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	www.csiro.au/
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Allen, G.R., S.H. Midgley and M. Allen, 2002
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	Modified:  Ortañez, Auda Kareen	Entered:  Sa-a, Pascualita

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