Species Ambassis agassizii Steindachner, 1867
Agassiz's Glassfish, Agassiz's Chanda Perch, Agassiz's Chanda-perch, Chanda Perch, Doody, Glassy Perchlet, Inland Chanda Perch, Olive Perchlet, Pale Perchlet, Silver Spray, Von Mueller's Perchlet, Western Chanda Perch
- Ambassis agassizii Steindachner, F. 1867. Über einige Fische aus dem Fitzroy-Flusse bei Rockhampton in Ost-Australien. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 55(1): 9-16 figs 1-2 [9].
Type data:
Holotype NHMW 34617, Fitzroy River, QLD. - Ambassis muelleri Klunzinger, C.B. 1880. Die von Müller'sche Sammlung australischer Fische in Stuttgart. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 80(1): 325-430 pls 1-9 [346].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM I.19301-001, Murray, SA; SMNS 1693, Murray, SA.Type locality references:
Fricke, R. 1992. Types in the fish collection of the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart. Part 2. The Klunzinger Collection. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 473: 1-25 [8] (original type locality erroneously listed as Port Darwin). - Pseudoambassis castelnaui Macleay, W.J. 1881. Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. Part 1. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 5(3): 302-444 [339].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM I.16313–001, Murrumbidgee River, NSW. - Pseudambassis nigripinnis De Vis, C.W. 1884. New Australian fishes in the Queensland Museum. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 9(2): 389-400 [393].
Type data:
Lectotype AM I.396, Brisbane River, QLD.
Paralectotype(s) QM I.92, Brisbane River, QLD.Subsequent designation references:
Whitley, G.P. 1956. Ichthyological notes. The Australian Zoologist 12(3): 251-261 [258] (lectotype designated and figured). - Pseudambassis pallidus De Vis, C.W. 1884. New Australian fishes in the Queensland Museum. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 9(2): 389-400 [393].
Type data:
Lectotype QM I.5134 (figured in Whitley, G.P. 1935. Fishes from Princess Charlotte Bay, North Queensland. Record of the South Australian Museum 5(3): 345–365 figs 1–11 [fig. 7]), QLD.Subsequent designation references:
Allen, G.R. & Burgess, W.E. 1990. A review of the glass-fishes (Ambassidae) of Australia and New Guinea. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 34: 139-206 [157]. - Priopis olivaceus Ogilby, J.D. 1910. On new or insufficiently described fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 23(1): 1-55 [Date published 1911] [11].
Type data:
Holotype QM I.1588, Brisbane, QLD. - Priopis nigripinnis Ogilby, J.D. 1910. On new or insufficiently described fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 23(1): 1-55 [Date published 1911] [12].
Type data:
Syntype(s) QM I.92, Kilcoy, S QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Allen, G.R. & Burgess, W.E. 1990. A review of the glass-fishes (Ambassidae) of Australia and New Guinea. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 34: 139-206 [152]
- Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [185]
Generic Combinations
- Blandowskiella agassizii (Steindachner, 1867). —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [44] - Blandowskiella castelnaui (Macleay, 1881). —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [44] - Ambassis castelnaui (Macleay, 1881). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [196]
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [152] - Konopickia mulleri (Klunzinger, 1880). —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [44] - Priopis mulleri (Klunzinger, 1880). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [198] - Ambassis nigripinnis (De Vis, 1884). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [196]
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [152]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [44] - Austrochanda pallida (De Vis, 1884). —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [44] - Ambassis pallidus (De Vis, 1884). —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [196]
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [152]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Rockhampton, QLD (23º22´S) to Lake Hiawatha, NSW (29º48´S) and Murray-Darling system as far south and west as Swan Reach, SA (34º34´S, 139º36´E); temperate. Possibly distributed in Goulburn and western Sydney, NSW; and northern Gippsland region of Victoria.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
Freshwater.
General References
Allen, G.R. 1996. Family Chandidae. pp. 146-149 in McDowall, R.M. (ed.). Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 247 pp. [146]
Allen, G.R. & Burgess, W.E. 1990. A review of the glass-fishes (Ambassidae) of Australia and New Guinea. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 34: 139-206 [152]
Cadwallader, P.L. & Backhouse, G.N. 1983. A Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Victoria. Melbourne : F.D. Atkinson Government Printer 249 pp. figs. [98] (as A. castelnaui)
Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [812] (as A. nigripinnis)
Leggett, R. & Merrick, J.R. 1987. Australian Native Fishes for Aquariums. Artarmon : J.R. Merrick Publications 241 pp. 142 figs. [166] (as A. nigripinnis)
Lintermans, M. 2009. Fishes of the Murray-Darling Basin — An Introductory Guide. Canberra : Murray-Darling Basin Commission 157 pp. [MDBC Publication Number 10/07] [70]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [198]
McDowall, R.M. (ed.) 1980. Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : A.H. & A.W. Reed 208 pp., figs, 32 pls. [140] (as A. castelnaui and A. nigripinnis)
Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [189] (in part, and p. 194 as A. nigripinnis)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [152] (932, 928, as A. mulleri, in part, 930, as A. castelnaui, 931, as A. nigripinnis, 934, as A. pallidus)
Unmack, P.J. 2001. Biogeography of Australian freshwater fishes. Journal of Biogeography 28: 1053-1089 [1062]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [44] (1077 as Konopickia mulleri; 1068 as Blandowskiella agassizii; 1071 as Blandowskiella castelnaui; 1065 as Ambassis nigriipinnis; 1066 as Austrochanda pallida)
Common Name References
Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. [130] (Agassiz's Glassfish)
Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [812] (Glassy Perchlet)
McDowall, R.M. (ed.) 1980. Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : A.H. & A.W. Reed 208 pp., figs, 32 pls. [141] (Chanda Perch, Doody, Silver Spray)
Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [189] (Agassiz's Chanda Perch, Inland Chanda Perch, Olive Perchlet)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [152] (Agassiz's Chanda-perch, Pale Perchlet, Von Mueller's Perchlet, Western Chanda Perch)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Agassiz's Glassfish)
History of changes
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