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Ambassis octava Ghazali, Lavoué, Nor, Muhammad-Rasul & Tan, 2023 The eighth Malaysian glass-perchlet |
| Family: | Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes) | |||
| Max. size: | 7.86 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; marine | |||
| Distribution: | Western Central Pacific: Malaysia. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 8-8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-11; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 10-10. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: a single backwardly oriented supraorbital spine; absence of nasal spine; lower margin of interopercle smooth; preorbital ridge smooth; transverse scale rows on cheek 2; predorsal scales 13 or 14; scale rows between anal-fin origin and lateral line 7 or 8 (modally 8); scale rows between dorsal-fin origin and lateral line 5. Body compressed, relatively deep, its height 44.6 to 51.2% of SL; caudal peduncle robust, its height 16.7 to 18.9% of SL; second dorsal-fin spine (DH2) longer than third dorsal-fin spine (DH3) (DH2/DH3 > 1); second anal-fin spine (AH2) shorter than third anal-fin spine (AH3) (AH2/AH3 < 1). (Ref. 137821). | |||
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| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||