Banded Tail Glassy Perchlet

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.

Amphidromous. Refers to fishes that regularly migrate between freshwater and the sea (in both directions), but not for the purpose of breeding, as in anadromous and catadromous species. Sub-division of diadromous. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.Characteristic elements in amphidromy are: reproduction in fresh water, passage to sea by newly hatched larvae, a period of feeding and growing at sea usually a few months long, return to fresh water of well-grown juveniles, a further period of feeding and growing in fresh water, followed by reproduction there (Ref. 82692).

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 9 - 10

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).

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).

分布於印度-太平洋區，西起東非，東至加羅林群島，北至日本南部，南至澳洲。臺灣發現於西部、南部、北部及東北部海域。

小型至中小型魚類，無食用價值。

體較細長，呈長橢圓形，側扁；背部輪廓弧形，腹部輪廓與其同形。頭中小。眼中大。口大，斜裂；頜骨、鋤骨和腭骨均具呈絨毛狀齒。眶前骨及前鰓蓋骨均雙重緣，具細齒或小棘；眶上骨1棘；鰓蓋骨後緣無棘；間鰓蓋骨後緣具鋸齒。體被圓鱗，易脫落，頰部1列鱗，鰓蓋亦被鱗；背前鱗數12；側線完全。背鰭單一，具深缺刻，背鰭鰭條數VII-1+9；臀鰭鰭條數III+9-10；尾鰭深叉形。體透明而散有黑色素點。

主要棲息於沿岸、潟湖、沼澤或紅樹林，通常活動於汽水域，亦可進河川下游淡水域。群游性。肉食性魚類，以水生昆蟲及小型魚介貝類為食。

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).