Species Ambassis nalua (Hamilton, 1822)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Chanda nalua Hamilton, F. 1822. An Account of the Fishes Found in the River Ganges and its Branches. Edinburgh : Archibald Constable 405 pp., pls 1-39. [107].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1858.8.15.123, Ganges River, India.

 

Generic Combinations

• Ambassis nalua (Hamilton, 1822). —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [197]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Port Warrender, WA (125º50´E) to Proserpine, QLD (20º24´S); tropical, west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, freshwater, mangrove.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls. [98]

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 [179]

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. [62]

Anderson, M.E. & Heemstra, P.C. 2003. Review of the glassfishes (Perciformes: Ambassidae) of the western Indian Ocean. Cybium 27(3): 199-209 [205]

Kottelat, M., Whitten, A.J., Kartikasar, S.N. & Wirjoatmodjo, S. 1993. Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi. Hong Kong : Periplus Editions 259 pp. [105]

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] (929)

 

Common Name References

Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [218] (Scalloped Perchlet)

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