Ambassis interrupta Bleeker, 1853
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https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.2.601 |
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Ambassis interrupta Bleeker, 1853 |
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Ambassis interrupta Bleeker, 1853 View in CoL
Material examined. MALAYSIA • 3, 82- 93 mm TL; Kedah State, Kampung Batu Lintang, Pompang Batu Lintang ; 05.624°N, 100.395°E; 19 Apr. 2019; Danial H. Zainal Abidin, Norli F.M.A.H. Alshari leg.; USMFC (30) 00006 GoogleMaps .
Identification. Moderate-sized species of Ambassis (maximum TL about 10 cm); body relatively deep, laterally compressed; mouth terminal; interrupted lateral line; eye diameter larger than snout length; only 1 supraorbital spine; nasal spine absent; single dorsal fin deeply notched; dorsal fin spines 7; the third one significantly longer; anal fin spines 3; caudal fin deeply forked; body uniformly pale greyish with scattered melanophores; fins mostly translucent, first 2 or 3 dorsal fin spines blackish.
Ambassis interrupta can easily be distinguished from the two other species of Ambassidae occurring in the Merbok river estuary by the unique combination of two characters: interrupted lateral line and only one supraorbital spine. Ambassis interrupta is a typical brackish species and it occurs in other brackish environments in this region (e.g., Tongnunui et al. 2002). Its exact distribution in the Indo-West Pacific region is still unknown.
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