Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Familia: Ambassidae
Genus: Ambassis
Species: A. agassizii – A. agrammus – A. ambassis – A. buruensis – A. buton – A. dussumieri – A. elongatus – A. fontoynonti – A. gymnocephalus – A. interrupta – A. jacksoniensis – A. kopsii – A. macleayi – A. macracanthus – A. marianus – A. miops – A. muelleri – A. nalua – A. natalensis – A. productus – A. urotaenia – A. vachellii –
Name
Ambassis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828
References
Ambassis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Ambassis species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.
Vernacular names
English: Common glassfishes, Glassies, Perchlets
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
Ambassis. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds. Ambassis agassizii. FishBase. 2014.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Ambassis in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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