The yellow-fin perchlet (''Ambassis elongatus'') is a species of

fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of ...

in the family Ambassidae. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

to Australia where it has only been recorded from the three rivers which drain into the Gulf of Carpentaria in northern

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ...

. They are found in freshwater creeks and rivers with marginal vegetation, frequently recorded from freshwater streams that have quite high turbidity levels.

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yellow-fin perchlet Freshwater fish of Queensland yellow-fin perchlet Taxa named by François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Percoidea-stub