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.[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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ambassis". FishBase. December 2012 version.