| Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes) |
| 2.75 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Asia: Sanggau and Kapuas Lakes regions in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. |
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Dorsal spines (total): 8-8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-11; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 11-11; Vertebrae: 25-25. Distinguished from all other species of Gymnochanda by the following characters: mature males have pinkish body with dorsal half suffused with reddish pigments, anal and second dorsal fins expanded with their soft rays also expanded to reach 2/3 of caudal fin forming a crescentic profile, without any individual fin ray free from the interradial fin membrane; anterior part to whole of both anal and second dorsal fins maroon red in life, with posterior portion of distal rays black forming a crescentic pattern (hyaline when preserved); caudal fin entirely lightly suffused with red in life (hyaline when preserved); females possess yellowish body suffused with reddish pigments without any fin elongation (hyaline when preserved), both dorsal fins suffused with reddish pigments (hyaline when preserved) (Ref. 97398). |
| Found in pools with still water near swamp forest and riverine systems (Ref. 97398). |
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Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 18 November 2019 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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Known from the Sanggau and Kapuas Lakes regions in West Kalimantan. Could occur sympatrically with Gymnochanda filamentosa in the Kapuas Lake region, but both species were not captured in the same sample from fish traps in a swampy area with brown water (Ref. 97398). |
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