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 glassies, perchlets, and common glassfishes. The genus name was derived from the Greek anabasis, meaning 'climbing up'.
Species
There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus:
- Ambassis ambassis <small>(Lac̩p̬de, 1802)</small> РCommerson's glassy
- Ambassis bleekeri <small>Maugé, 1984</small>
- Ambassis buruensis <small>Bleeker, 1856</small> – Buru glass perchlet
- Ambassis buton <small>Popta, 1918</small> – Buton glassy perchlet
- Ambassis denticulata <small>Klunzinger, 1870</small>
- Ambassis dussumieri <small>G. Cuvier, 1828</small> – Malabar glassy perchlet
- Ambassis fontoynonti <small>Pellegrin, 1932</small> – dusky glass perch
- Ambassis interrupta <small>Bleeker, 1853</small> – long-spined glass perchlet
- Ambassis kopsii <small>Bleeker, 1858</small> – freckled hawkfish
- Ambassis macracanthus <small>Bleeker, 1849</small> – estuarine glass perchlet
- Ambassis marianus <small>Günther, 1880</small> – estuary perchlet
- Ambassis miops <small>Günther, 1872</small> – flag-tailed glass perchlet
- Ambassis nalua <small>(F. Hamilton, 1822)</small> – scalloped perchlet
- Ambassis natalensis <small>Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1908</small> – slender glassy
- Ambassis octava <small>Ghazali, Lavoué, Nor, Muhammad-Rasul & Tan, 2023</small>
- Ambassis telkara <small>Whitley, 1935</small>
- Ambassis thermalis <small>Cuvier, 1829</small>
- Ambassis urotaenia <small>Bleeker, 1852</small> – banded-tail glassy perchlet
- Ambassis vachellii <small>J. Richardson, 1846</small> – Vachelli's glass perchlet
Synonyms
- Ambassis commersonii <small>(Lacépède, 1802)</small> valid as A. ambassis
- Ambassis gymnocephalus <small>(Lacépède, 1802)</small> valid as A. ambassis (bald glassy)
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