Species Ambassis miops Günther, 1872

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External Links

• Ambassis miops Günther, A. 1872. Report on several collections of fishes recently obtained for the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871(3): 652-675 pls 53-70 [655].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1871.9.13.217, Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Starcke River (14º49´S) to Cairns (16º55´S), QLD; tropical, west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, freshwater, mangrove.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. [134]

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [184]

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 [175]

Pusey, B.J., Kennard, M.J. & Arthington, A.H. 2004. Freshwater Fishes of North-eastern Australia. Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 684 pp. [306]

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] (1062)

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. [134] (Flag-tailed Glassfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Flagtail Glassfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
14-Nov-2012		14-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED