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Ambassis vachellii in Australia
Vachelli's glass perchlet

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Ambassis vachellii   Richardson, 1846
Family:	Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes)			picture (Amvac_u0.jpg) by Muchlisin, Z.A.
Order:	Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Vachelli's glass perchlet
Max. size:	6.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 44894)
Environment:	demersal; oceanodromous
Climate:	tropical; 5°N - 17°S
Global Importance:
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Assuming Fec > 10,000)
Distribution:	Indo-West Pacific.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 8-8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-9; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 9-9
Biology:	Found in brackish waters of bays, estuaries and tidal mangrove creeks, sometimes entering fresh water (Ref. 2847, 44894). Occurs in lotic and lentic freshwater (Ref. 7300)
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:	Vachell's glassfish, Telkara perchlet, Vachelli's glass perchlet, Vachelli's glassfish		Ref:  Allen, G.R., S.H. Midgley and M. Allen, 2002
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Known from Carnarvon, Western Australia to Lizard Is., Qld. Including the Gulf of Carpentaria, N. Territory and the Great Barrier Reef (Ref. 7300). Also Ref. 2847, 7300, 44894.
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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		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. cephalopods)
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