''Ambassis'' is a

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of fish in the family

Ambassidae The Asiatic glassfishes are a family, the Ambassidae, of freshwater and marine fishes that were formerly classified in the order Perciformes, but most authorities consider this order to be paraphyletic and that the Ambassidae are of uncertain a ...

, the Asiatic glassfishes. They are found widely in the

Indo-Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...

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

Species

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

Ambassis agassizii Agassiz's perchlet (''Ambassis agassizii''), also known as Agassiz's glass fish and the olive perchlet, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Ambassidae. It is semi-transparent with dark scale edges forming a pattern over most of the bo ...

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 describ ...

, 1867 – Agassiz's olive glassfish * ''

Ambassis agrammus ''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, ...

'' Günther, 1867 – sailfin glass perchlet * ''

Ambassis ambassis ''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, ...

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, 1802) – Commerson's glassy * ''

Ambassis buruensis ''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, ...

Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Ambassis buton ''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, ...

'' Popta, 1918 – Buton glassy perchlet * '' Ambassis dussumieri''

G. Cuvier Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (; 23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in nat ...

, 1828 – Malabar glassy perchlet * '' Ambassis elongatus'' ( Castelnau, 1878) – yellowfin glassfish * '' Ambassis fontoynonti'' Pellegrin, 1932 – dusky glass perch * ''

Ambassis gymnocephalus ''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, ...

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

Ambassis interrupta ''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, ...

'' 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

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