Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2010
Conservation Actions: Currently there is no specific action plan directed towards Ambassis dussumieri. Research on the population status, ecology and threats to the species is essential.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Coius trivittatus Hamilton, 1822 |
| synonym | Grammistes servus (Bloch, 1790) |
| synonym | Holocentrus jarbua (Forsskål, 1775) |
| synonym | Holocentrus servus Bloch, 1790 |
| synonym | Pterapon trivittatus Gray, 1846 |
| synonym | Sciaena jarbua Forsskål, 1775 |
| synonym | Stereolepis inoko Schmidt, 1931 |
| synonym | Terapon servus (Bloch, 1790) |
| synonym | Terapon timorensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 |
| synonym | Therapon farna Bleeker, 1879 |
| synonym | Therapon jarboa (Forsskål, 1775) |
| synonym | Therapon jarbua (Forsskål, 1775) |
| synonym | Therapon servus (Bloch, 1790) |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Brief
IUCN and ZOO 2011
| Attributions | IUCN and ZOO 2011 |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Freshwater, Brackish, Marine
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4458, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4458, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Diagnostic Keys
Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 10
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4458, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4458, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Description
Lower opercular spine extending well beyond the opercular flap. Post temporal bone exposed posteriorly and serrate. Body color is fawn above, cream below, nape dark; head, body and fins with and iridescent sheen. Three or four curved dark brown bands run from the nape to the hind part of the body, the lowermost continuing across the middle of the caudal fin.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4458, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4458, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Migration
Catadromous. Migrating from freshwater to the sea to spawn, e.g., European eels. Subdivision of diadromous. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4458, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4458, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Size
Max Length
36 TL (unsexed)
Size
36.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; )
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4458, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4458, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Trophic Strategy
Occurs in lentic and lotic freshwater ; also found in coral reefs . Scale-eating behavior was suggested to originate from modified predation and modified parasite removal . Found over shallow sandy bottoms, in the vicinity of river mouths. Enter estuaries and rivers . Juveniles common in sandy intertidal areas. Omnivorous , feeding on fishes, insects, algae, and sand-dwelling invertebrates . Also Ref. 58652.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4458, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4458, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Diseases
Azygia Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Diplectanum Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Lecithochirum Infestation 3. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Stictodora Infestation 1. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Torticaecum Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Trypanorhyncha Infestation (Cestode larvae). Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4458, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4458, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Miscellaneous Details
Taxonomic Notes: Terapon jarbua was originally described as Scieana jarbua by Forsskål (1775) from Djedda, Red Sea. Golani and Appelbaum-Golani (2010) have suggested that the specimens from Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea differ slightly from the specimens collected from far east (Hong Kong and Japan) indicating that further molecular taxonomy research is necessary to clarify the identity of this taxon.
IUCN and ZOO 2011
| Attributions | IUCN and ZOO 2011 |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Marine
Freshwater
Habitat demersal; catadromous ; freshwater; brackish; marine; depth range 20 - 350 m
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4458, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4458, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Description
Range Description: Terapon jarbua is a widespread species distributed mainly in the Indo-West Pacific region (Talwar and Jhingran 1991, Rao et al. 2000). Recently the species was also recorded from the Mediterranean Sea (Golani and Appelbaum-Golani 2010). It is found in the freshwater, brackish and marine habitats. It is recorded from the Red Sea, Eastern Africa, India (probably all major rivers including the Ganges and Brahmaputra), Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, Philippines, Cambodia, China, Japan, and Korea. In Vietnam the species lives in Gulf of Tonkin, from Quang Ninh province to Quang Binh province, Ve River, Chau Truc Lagoon, O Loan Lagoon, downstream of Mekong River.
Countries - Native: Australia; Bangladesh; Cambodia; India; Indonesia; Japan; Madagascar; Myanmar; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Viet Nam
IUCN and ZOO 2011
| Attributions | IUCN and ZOO 2011 |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Remark
Occurs along the coast
Occurrence
native
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to the Arafura Sea , Australia, and Lord Howe Island.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4458, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4458, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2010
Conservation Actions: Currently there is no specific action plan directed towards Ambassis dussumieri. Research on the population status, ecology and threats to the species is essential.
IUCN and ZOO 2011
| Attributions | IUCN and ZOO 2011 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Not Evaluated IUCN 2006
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4458, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4458, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Uses and Management
Uses
fisheries: minor commercial; aquaculture: commercial; price category: not marketed/unknown; price reliability:
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4458, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4458, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Bibliography: Forsskål, P. 1775. Descriptiones animalium, avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forsskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Havenai, Mölleri.; Golani, D. and Appelbaum-Golani, B.A. 2010. First record of the Indo-Pacific fish the Jarbua terapon (Terapon jarbua) (Osteichthyes: Terapontidae) in the Mediterranean with remarks on the wide geographical distribution of this species. Scientia Marina 74(4): 717-720.; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Rao, D.V., Devi, K. and Rajan, P.T. 2000. An account of Ichthyofauna of Andaman & Nicobar Islanda, Bay of Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper No. 178, Kolkata.; Talwar, P.K. and Jhingran, A.G. 1991. Inland Fishes of India and adjacent countries. Oxford-IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.; Whitfield, A.K. 1979. Field observations on the lepidophagous teleost Terapon jarbua (Forskal). Environmental Biology of Fishes 4(2): 171-172.; Whitfield, A.K. and Blaber, S.J.M. 1978. Food and feeding ecology of piscivorous fishes at Lake St Lucia, Zululand. Journal of Fish Biology 13(6): 675?691.
Overview > Diagnostic > Diagnostic Keys
- Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
Overview > Diagnostic > Description
- Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
Natural History > Migration
- Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p.
Natural History > Size
- Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p.
Natural History > Trophic Strategy
- Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley 1989 Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, CanBerra, 665 p.
Natural History > Diseases
- Lopez, N.C. 2002 Helminth parasites from two species of Philippine teraponid fishes. p. 17. In: G.D. Aguilar and M.C. Buen-Tumilba (eds) Abstracts. 1st national conference in capture fisheries. Responsive research and development for a sustainable capture fisheries. 4-6 December 2002 College of Fisheries and Ocean sciences, University of the Philippines in the Visayas, Miagao, Iloilo. $
- Arthur, J.R. and S. Lumanlan-Mayo 1997 Checklist of the parasites of fishes of the Philippines. FAO Fish. Tech. Pap. 369, 102 p. FAO, Rome. $
Habitat and Distribution > General Habitat
- Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. Khalaf, M. and U. Zajonz 2007 Fourteen additional species recorded from below 150 m depth in the Gulf of Aqaba, including Liopropoma lunulatum (Pisces: Serranidae), new record for the Red Sea. Fauna of Arabia 23: 421-433
Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description
- Fricke, R. 1999 Fishes of the Mascarene Islands (Reunion, Mauritius, Rodriguez): an annotated checklist, with descriptions of new species. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, Theses Zoologicae, Vol. 31: 759 p.
Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
- 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
Uses and Management > Uses
- Liao, C.-I., H.-M. Su and E.Y. Chang 2001 Techniques in finfish larviculture in Taiwan. Aquaculture 200(2001):1-31.
Information Listing > References
- Bibliography: Forsskål, P. 1775. Descriptiones animalium, avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forsskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Havenai, Mölleri.; Golani, D. and Appelbaum-Golani, B.A. 2010. First record of the Indo-Pacific fish the Jarbua terapon (Terapon jarbua) (Osteichthyes: Terapontidae) in the Mediterranean with remarks on the wide geographical distribution of this species. Scientia Marina 74(4): 717-720.; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Rao, D.V., Devi, K. and Rajan, P.T. 2000. An account of Ichthyofauna of Andaman & Nicobar Islanda, Bay of Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper No. 178, Kolkata.; Talwar, P.K. and Jhingran, A.G. 1991. Inland Fishes of India and adjacent countries. Oxford-IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.; Whitfield, A.K. 1979. Field observations on the lepidophagous teleost Terapon jarbua (Forskal). Environmental Biology of Fishes 4(2): 171-172.; Whitfield, A.K. and Blaber, S.J.M. 1978. Food and feeding ecology of piscivorous fishes at Lake St Lucia, Zululand. Journal of Fish Biology 13(6): 675?691.
Indigenous ornamental freshwater ichthyofauna of the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India: status and prospects
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Journal of Threatened TaxaIchthyofaunal diversity of the Adyar Wetland complex, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, southern India
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Actinopterygii |
| Order | Perciformes |
| Family | Terapontidae |
| Genus | Terapon |
| Species | Terapon jarbua (Forsskål 1775) |
📊 Temporal Distribution
📷 Related Observations
