Family : Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes)
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Freckled hawkfish
Fish Name : Ambassis kopsii
Max size : 10.2 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 7050)
Environment : demersal; amphidromous
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: commercial
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.73)Distribution : Indo-Pacific: Malaya, Indonesia, Borneo and Philippines. Recently recorded from the Indian region (Ref. 4833).
Diagnosis :
Biology : Occurs in coastal and brackish waters, sometimes ascends freshwaters (Ref. 4833). Feeds on invertebrates. Marketed fresh or dried and salted (Ref. 12693)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo. 1993. (Ref. 7050)

India country information
Common Names : Singapore glassy perchlet
Status : native
Salinity : brackish, marine
Uses : no uses