WoRMS taxon details
Ambassis nalua (Hamilton, 1822)
277739 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:277739)
accepted
Species
Ambassis malua (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Chanda nalua Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chanda nalua Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].].
page(s): 107, 371, Pl. 6 (fig. 36) [details]
page(s): 107, 371, Pl. 6 (fig. 36) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ambassis nalua (Hamilton, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277739 on 2026-01-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chanda nalua Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].].
page(s): 107, 371, Pl. 6 (fig. 36) [details]
page(s): 107, 371, Pl. 6 (fig. 36) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Chanda nalua Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ambassis nalua)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chanda nalua Hamilton, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Ambassis malua (Hamilton, 1822))
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 23 proteins) (from synonym Chanda nalua Hamilton, 1822)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Ambassis nalua (Hamilton, 1822); SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2589771)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ambassis nalua USNM 403430 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Chanda nalua Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ambassis nalua)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chanda nalua Hamilton, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Ambassis malua (Hamilton, 1822))
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 23 proteins) (from synonym Chanda nalua Hamilton, 1822)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Ambassis nalua (Hamilton, 1822); SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2589771)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ambassis nalua USNM 403430 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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Unreviewed
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