''Ambassis'' is a

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ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

in the family

Ambassidae The Asiatic glassfishes are a family, the Ambassidae, of freshwater and marine ray-finned fishes. Some species are known as perchlets. The family has also been called Chandidae, and some sources continue to use the name, but as Ambassidae was u ...

, the Asiatic glassfishes. They are found widely in the

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region, with species in fresh,

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and coastal marine waters. This genus includes fish known commonly as glassies, perchlets, and common glassfishes. The genus name was derived from the

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''anabasis'', meaning 'climbing up'.

Species

There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus: * '' Ambassis agassizii''

Steindachner Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner descri ...

, 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 ''Ambassis'' is a genus of ray-finned 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 ...

Popta Canna Maria Louise Popta (31 May 1860 – 13 June 1929)L.B. Holthuis, Biography i1820-1958, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie page 82 (in Dutch). was a Dutch biologist. Born in Breda, Popta was one of the first women to enrol as a student at ...

, 1918 – Buton glassy perchlet * ''

Ambassis dussumieri ''Ambassis'' is a genus of ray-finned 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 ...

'' G. Cuvier, 1828 – Malabar glassy perchlet * ''

Ambassis elongatus The yellow-fin perchlet (''Ambassis elongatus'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Ambassidae. It is endemic to Australia where it has only been recorded from the three rivers which drain into the Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Quee ...

'' ( Castelnau, 1878) – yellowfin glassfish * ''

Ambassis fontoynonti ''Ambassis fontoynonti'', commonly known as the dusky glass perch, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Ambassidae. It is endemic to rivers in eastern Madagascar. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss. The spec ...

'' Pellegrin, 1932 – dusky glass perch * ''

Ambassis gymnocephalus ''Ambassis'' is a genus of ray-finned 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 ...

'' (Lacépède, 1802) – bald glassy * ''

Ambassis interrupta ''Ambassis'' is a genus of ray-finned 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 ...

'' Bleeker, 1853 – long-spined glass perchlet * '' Ambassis jacksoniensis'' ( W. J. Macleay, 1881) – Port Jackson perchlet * '' Ambassis kopsii'' Bleeker, 1858 – freckled hawkfish * ''

Ambassis macleayi ''Ambassis macleayi'', commonly known as Macleay's glassfish, Macleay's glass perchlet, Macleay's perchlet, reticulated glassfish, reticulated perchlet, or network perchlet, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Ambassidae. It is nativ ...

'' (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 ''Ambassis'' is a genus of ray-finned 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 ...

'' Bleeker, 1852 – banded-tail glassy perchlet * '' Ambassis vachellii'' J. Richardson, 1846 – Vachelli's glass perchlet

References

Taxa named by Georges Cuvier Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Ambassidae-stub