Ambassis urotaenia Bleeker, 1852

Banded-tail glassy perchlet

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Classification	Actinopterygii \| Perciformes \| Ambassidae
Synonyms	Ambassis papuensis, Priopis lungi, Ambassis lungi, ... more
Common names	Bleeker's glass perchlet, Ambache du large, Takasago-ishimochi, ... more

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Main reference

Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino. 1984. (Ref. 559)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 14.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 637)

Environment

Demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); freshwater; brackish; marine

Climate / Range

Tropical

Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Philippines, Fiji and Carolines, north to Sagami Bay, Japan (Ref. 559).
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Short description

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.

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 (Ref. 57073)	Threat to humans
Not Evaluated	Harmless

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Estimation of some characteristics with mathematical models

Resilience (Ref. 69278)

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Assuming Fec > 10,000)


Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)	Price category (Ref. 80766)
Low vulnerability (15 of 100)	Low

Entered by Froese, Rainer

Modified by Torres, Armi G.

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