Ambassis

Short description: Genus of fishes

Ambassis

Ambassis macleayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Clade:  | Percomorpha
(unranked):  | Ovalentaria
Family:  | Ambassidae
Genus:  | Ambassis
G. Cuvier, 1828
Type species
Centropomus ambassis
(Lacepède, 1802)

Synonyms

* Austrochanda Whitley, 1935
* Blandowskiella Iredale & Whitley, 1932
* Konopickia Whitley, 1937
* Priopidichthys Whitley, 1935
* Priopis Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1830
* Pseudoambassis Castelnau, 1878
* Velambassis Whitley, 1935

Ambassis is a genus of fish in the family Ambassidae, the Asiatic glassfishes. They are found widely in the Indo-Pacific region, with species in fresh, brackish and coastal marine waters.

This genus includes fish known commonly as glassies, perchlets, and common glassfishes.[1] The genus name was derived from the Greek anabasis, meaning 'climbing up'.[2]

## Species

There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:[3]

* Ambassis agassizii Steindachner, 1867 - Agassiz's olive glassfish
* Ambassis agrammus Günther, 1867 - sailfin glass perchlet
* Ambassis ambassis (Lacépède, 1802) - Commerson's glassy
* Ambassis buruensis Bleeker, 1856 - Buru glass perchlet
* Ambassis buton Popta, 1918 - Buton glassy perchlet
* Ambassis dussumieri G. Cuvier, 1828 - Malabar glassy perchlet
* Ambassis elongatus (Castelnau, 1878) - yellowfin glassfish
* Ambassis fontoynonti Pellegrin, 1932 - dusky glass perch
* Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacépède, 1802) - bald glassy
* Ambassis interrupta Bleeker, 1853 - long-spined glass perchlet
* Ambassis jacksoniensis (W. J. Macleay, 1881) - Port Jackson perchlet
* Ambassis kopsii Bleeker, 1858 - freckled hawkfish
* Ambassis macleayi (Castelnau, 1878) - Macleay's glass perchlet
* Ambassis macracanthus Bleeker, 1849 - estuarine glass perchlet
* Ambassis marianus Günther, 1880 - estuary perchlet
* Ambassis miops Günther, 1872 - flag-tailed glass perchlet
* Ambassis nalua (F. Hamilton, 1822) - scalloped perchlet
* Ambassis natalensis Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908 - slender glassy
* Ambassis urotaenia Bleeker, 1852 - banded-tail glassy perchlet
* Ambassis vachellii J. Richardson, 1846 - Vachelli's glass perchlet

## References

1. ↑ Ambassis. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
2. ↑ Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds. Ambassis agassizii. FishBase. 2014.
3. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Ambassis in FishBase. December 2012 version.

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