Banded-tail glassy perchlet (Ambassis urotaenia)

Scientific name: Ambassis urotaenia Bleeker, 1852

Banded-tail glassy perchlet (Ambassis urotaenia)

The Banded-tail glassy perchlet (Ambassis urotaenia) is a freshwater fish of the family Ambassidae. Native range: Indo-Pacific, East Africa to the Philippines, Fiji and Carolines, north to Sagami Bay, Japan.

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.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Ambassis urotaenia
Family
Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
14.0
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Philippines, Fiji and Carolines, north to Sagami Bay, Japan.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Assuming Fec > 10,000)

Sources

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

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