WoRMS taxon details
Ambassis urotaenia Bleeker, 1852
220038 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220038)
accepted
Species
Ambassis lungi (Jordan & Seale, 1907) · unaccepted
Ambassis papuensis Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877 · unaccepted
Priopis lungi Jordan & Seale, 1907 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bleeker, P. (1852). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthijologische fauna van de Moluksche Eilanden. Visschen van Amboina en Ceram. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 3 (no. 2): 229-309. [details]
Description Common in brackish waters near river mouths where it occurs in schools; sometimes found in upper streams (Ref. 559). Mainly...
Description 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). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ambassis urotaenia Bleeker, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220038 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Bleeker, P. (1852). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthijologische fauna van de Moluksche Eilanden. Visschen van Amboina en Ceram. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 3 (no. 2): 229-309. [details]
original description (of Ambassis papuensis Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877) Alleyne, H. G.; Macleay, W. (1877). The ichthyology of the Chevert expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 1 (pts 3-4): 261-281, 321-359, Pls. 3-9, 10-17. [Pp. 261-281, Pls. 3-9 published Feb. 1877; pp. 321-359, Pls. 10-17 published Mar. 1877.]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Ambassis papuensis Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877) Alleyne, H. G.; Macleay, W. (1877). The ichthyology of the Chevert expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 1 (pts 3-4): 261-281, 321-359, Pls. 3-9, 10-17. [Pp. 261-281, Pls. 3-9 published Feb. 1877; pp. 321-359, Pls. 10-17 published Mar. 1877.]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description 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). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | タカサゴイシモチ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ambassis papuensis Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ambassis lungi (Jordan & Seale, 1907))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Priopis lungi Jordan & Seale, 1907)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ambassis urotaenia)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ambassis lungi (Jordan & Seale, 1907))
To FishBase (from synonym Ambassis papuensis Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Priopis lungi Jordan & Seale, 1907)
To FishBase images (Ambassis urotaenia, Tanzania, by FAO)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ambassis papuensis Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ambassis lungi (Jordan & Seale, 1907))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Priopis lungi Jordan & Seale, 1907)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ambassis urotaenia)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ambassis lungi (Jordan & Seale, 1907))
To FishBase (from synonym Ambassis papuensis Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Priopis lungi Jordan & Seale, 1907)
To FishBase images (Ambassis urotaenia, Tanzania, by FAO)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
