Freckled hawkfish (Ambassis kopsii)

Scientific name: Ambassis kopsii Bleeker, 1858

Freckled hawkfish (Ambassis kopsii)

The Freckled hawkfish (Ambassis kopsii) is a freshwater fish of the family Ambassidae. Native range: Indo-Pacific, Malaya, Indonesia, Borneo and Philippines. Recently recorded from the Indian region.

Biology

Occurs in coastal and brackish waters, sometimes ascends freshwaters. Feeds on invertebrates. Marketed fresh or dried and salted.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Ambassis kopsii
Family
Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
10.2
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Malaya, Indonesia, Borneo and Philippines. Recently recorded from the Indian region.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.73)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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