Ambassis urotaenia Bleeker, 1852
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ambassis urotaenia Bleeker, 1852
- Name authority
- Bleeker, 1852
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Ambassidae
- Genus
- Ambassis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyAmbassidae Klunzinger, 1870
- genusAmbassis Cuvier, 1828
- speciesAmbassis urotaenia Bleeker, 1852
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ambassis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ambassis nalua (Hamilton, 1822) | AmbassidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ambassis miops Günther, 1872 | AmbassidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède, 1802) | AmbassidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ambassis agrammus Günther, 1867 | AmbassidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ambassis buton Popta, 1918 | AmbassidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bald glassyAmbassis gymnocephalus (Lacepède, 1802) | AmbassidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ambassis interrupta Bleeker, 1853 | AmbassidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| slender glassyAmbassis natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 | AmbassidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ambassis vachellii Richardson, 1846 | AmbassidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ambassis antipodus (Schwarzhans, 1980) | AmbassidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Priopis lungi Jordan & Seale, 1907 Jordan & Seale, 1907 | synonym |
| Ambassis lungi (Jordan & Seale, 1907) (Jordan & Seale, 1907) | synonym |
| Ambassis papuensis Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877 Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Bleeker, P. (1852). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthijologische fauna van de Moluksche Eilanden. Visschen van Amboina en Ceram. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift Voor Nederlandsch Indië, v. 3 (no. 2): 229–309. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:CKT4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.