Banded-tail glassy perchlet (Ambassis urotaenia) fish species and information / pictures of Banded-tail glassy perchlet - Ambassis urotaenia

Banded-tail glassy perchlet (Ambassis urotaenia) fish species information

Scientific Name
Ambassis urotaenia

Common Name
Banded-tail glassy perchlet

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10. Body all silvery and translucent with a dusky midlateral band. Back margin evenly dark. Membrane between 2nd and 3rd dorsal spine blackish. Mouth strongly oblique. Margin almost straight from the origin of the 1st dorsal snout.

Classification

Classified By
Bleeker, 1852
Class
Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)
Order
Perch-like fish (Perciformes)
Family
Asiatic glassfishes (Ambassidae)

Distribution

Region
Indo-Pacific
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Philippines, Fiji and Carolines, north to Sagami Bay, Japan (Ref. 559).
Range
Unknown

Environment

Climate
Tropical
Water Temperature From
Unknown °C
Water Temperature To
Unknown °C
Depth From - meters
Unknown m
Depth To - meters
Unknown m
Zone
demersal
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243)
Trophic Level
3.38 s.e. 0.41 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Occurs in Marine / Salt water
True
Occurs in Brackish water
True
Occurs in Fresh Water
True
Occurs on Reefs
False
Is kept in Aquariums
False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length
14.0 cm
Common Length
Unknown cm
Phylogenetic Diversity Index
PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses
Unknown
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (15 of 100)
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Assuming Fec > 10,000)
Threat To Humans
  Harmless
IUCN Red List Status
  Least Concern (LC)