Scalloped Glassfish, Ambassis nalua (Hamilton-Buchanan 1822)
Other Names: Scalloped Perchlet
A Scalloped Glassfish, Ambassis nalua, from Bais market, Negros, Negros Oriental, Philippines - USNM 403430. Source: Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Division of Fishes. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A translucent greenish-brown to dusky grey glassfish with a silvery abdomen and cheeks, a black membrane between the second and third dorsal-fin spines, dusky scales on the back and along the dorsal and anal-fin bases, and a black stripe along the midside.
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Dianne J. Bray, Ambassis nalua in Fishes of Australia, accessed 08 Apr 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4648
Scalloped Glassfish, Ambassis nalua (Hamilton-Buchanan 1822)
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Distribution |
Found northern Australia, from Port Warrender, WA, to Proserpine, QLD. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific from the west coast of India (Kerala State) to the Andaman Islands, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia and New Guinea. Inhabits bays, estuaries and mangrove-lined creeks. |
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Species Citation |
Chanda nalua Hamilton, 1822, Fishes River Ganges: 107. Type locality: Ganges River, India. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Scalloped Glassfish, Ambassis nalua (Hamilton-Buchanan 1822)
References
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls.
Allen, G.R. & Burgess, W.E. 1990. A review of the glassfishes (Chandidae) of Australia and New Guinea. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 34: 139-206.
Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls.
Anderson, M.E. & Heemstra, P.C. 2003. Review of the glassfishes (Perciformes: Ambassidae) of the Western Indian Ocean. Cybium 27(3): 199-209. PDF open access
Dahanukar, N. 2012. Ambassis nalua. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.1.
Hamilton, F. 1822. An Account of the Fishes Found in the River Ganges and its Branches. Edinburgh : Archibald Constable 405 pp., pls 1-39.
Kottelat, M., Whitten, A.J., Kartikasar, S.N. & Wirjoatmodjo, S. 1993. Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi. Hong Kong : Periplus Editions 259 pp.
