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Ambassis urotaenia Bleeker, 1852 Banded-tail glassy perchlet |
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FAO |
| Family: | Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes) | |||
| Max. size: | 14 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater; brackish; marine, amphidromous | |||
| Distribution: | Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Philippines, Fiji and Carolines, north to Sagami Bay, Japan (Ref. 559). | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 8-8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Anal spines: 3-3; 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. | |||
| Biology: | Common in brackish waters near river mouths where it occurs in schools; sometimes found in upper streams (Ref. 559). Mainly marine but enters rivers (Ref. 4967). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 21 September 2020 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||