Family : Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes)
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Scalloped perchlet
Fish Name : Ambassis nalua
Max size : 12.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 7050)
Environment : demersal; amphidromous
Climate : tropical
Global Importance :
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Assuming Fec > 10,000)Distribution : Asia and Oceania: India to New Guinea and Australia (Ref. 40509).
Diagnosis :
Biology : Usually found in brackish waters of bays and estuaries, entering freshwater and mangrove-lined tidal creeks (Ref. 4833)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley. 1989. (Ref. 7300)

India country information
Common Names : Nalua-chanda, അറിഞ്ഞില്, Aringil
Status : native
Salinity : freshwater, brackish, marine
Uses : no uses