Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Ambassidae > Ambassis > Ambassis agassizii

Ambassis agassizii (Inland chanda perch; Glassy perchlet; Doody; Chanda perch; Agassiz's Perchlet; Agassiz's olive glassfish; Agassiz's glassfish; Agassiz's chanda perch; Western chanda perch; Von Mueller's perchlet; Silver spray; Pale perchlet; Olive perchlet)

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Language: Finnish; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

Agassiz's perchlet (Ambassis agassizi), also known as Agassiz's glassfish is a species of fish in the Ambassidae family. It is semi-transparent with dark scale edges forming a pattern over most of the body. It grows to a maximum of 7.5 cm. It is a macrophyte spawner with adhesive eggs.It is endemic to Australia. It was named for the zoologist Louis Agassiz.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Potamodromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ramsar Site   Queensland, Australia

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Clinostomum australiense[2]
Prototransversotrema steeri[2]
Trichodina heterodentata[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 3Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0