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Ambassis urotaenia in Taiwan
Banded-tail glassy perchlet

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Ambassis urotaenia   Bleeker, 1852
Family:	Ambassidae (Asiatic glassfishes)			picture (Amuro_u0.jpg) by Shao, K.T.
Order:	Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Banded-tail glassy perchlet
Max. size:	14.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 637)
Environment:	demersal; amphidromous
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Assuming Fec > 10,000)
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)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino. 1984. (Ref. 559)
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Taiwan country information
Common names:	細尾雙邊魚		Ref:  Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.), 1999
Status:	native		Ref:  Kuo, S.-R., H.-J. Lin and K.-T. Shao, 1999
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Abundance:	occasional (usually not seen)		Ref:  Shao, K.-T., C.-P. Lin, L.-T. Ho and P.-L. Lin, 1990
Uses:	live export: ; gamefish: yes
Comments:	Collected from mangrove creeks in southwestern Taiwan (Pu-Tai, Pei-Men, and Syh-Tsao) (Ref. 48455); also reported from the Penghu Archipelago (Ref. 55073). Also Ref. 36073, 43515, 47843.
National  Checklist:	Taiwan
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tw.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Shen, S.C. (ed.), 1993
National Database:	The Fish Database of Taiwan
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	Modified:  Ortañez, Auda Kareen	Entered:  Shao, Kwang-Tsao

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