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Actinopteri (ray-finned fishes) > Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes)
Etymology: Parambassis: Greek, para = near + Greek, ambassis, anabasis = climbing up (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Hamilton.

Issue
Place in the genus Pseudambassis Bleeker, 1874 in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. May 2011: Ref. 86870).

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

Freshwater; brackish; demersal; pH range: 7.0 - 8.0; dH range: 9 - 19; potamodromous (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 20°C - 30°C (Ref. 1672); 38°N - 1°N

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Asia: Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia (Ref. 4833) and Nepal (Ref. 9496).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 120900); max. published weight: 11.53 g (Ref. 120900)

Found in sluggish and standing water. A common species proliferating in impoundments. Most abundant during the rainy season. Feeds on invertebrates (Ref. 12693), worms and crustaceans (Ref. 7020). Breeds everywhere during the rains. Builds a nest and guards its young. Rare in markets and often found in the aquarium trade (Ref. 12693). Aquarium keeping: in groups of 5 or more individuals; minimum aquarium size 60 cm (Ref. 51539).

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Produces up to 500 eggs.

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Roberts, T.R., 1994. Systematic revision of tropical Asian freshwater glassperches (Ambassidae), with descriptions of three new species. Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 42:263-290. (Ref. 10429)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 March 2010

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: subsistence fisheries; aquarium: commercial

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01380 (0.00863 - 0.02207), b=2.97 (2.84 - 3.10), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for species & Subfamily-BS (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.5 ±0.32 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity. Fec=500.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (20 of 100) .

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): (0 of 100) .

Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 800 [424, 1,486] mg/100g ; Iron = 1.53 [0.90, 2.55] mg/100g ; Protein = 16.3 [14.6, 18.1] % ; Omega3 = 0.589 [0.256, 1.302] g/100g ; Selenium = 33.7 [12.0, 95.0] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 65.2 [25.9, 172.1] μg/100g ; Zinc = 1.93 [1.29, 3.17] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.

Parambassis ranga (Hamilton, 1822)