Ambassis

Ambassis
Ambassis macleayi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Percomorpha
(unranked): Ovalentaria
Family: Ambassidae
Genus: Ambassis
G. Cuvier, 1828
Type species
Centropomus ambassis
(Lacepède, 1802)
Synonyms
  • Austrochanda Whitley, 1935
  • Blandowskiella Iredale & Whitley, 1932
  • Konopickia Whitley, 1937
  • Priopidichthys Whitley, 1935
  • Priopis Kuhl & van Hasselt, 1830
  • Pseudoambassis Castelnau, 1878
  • Velambassis Whitley, 1935

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]

  1. ^ Ambassis. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  2. ^ Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds. Ambassis agassizii. FishBase. 2014.