Banded-Tail Glassy Perchlet
Ambassis urotaenia
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Ovalentaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Ambassidae
- Genus
- Ambassis
Where to Find
Found in 18 diving areas across 10 countries and 4 regions.
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 20 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 6 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 3 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 3 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 1 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 4 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 18 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 18 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 4 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 16 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 10 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 16 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 16 records