Ambassis

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Ambassis
Ambassis nama
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Suborder: Percoidei Superfamily: Percoidea Family: Ambassidae Genus: Ambassis Cuvier, 1828
Type species
Centropomus ambassis (Lacepède ,1802)

Ambassis is a genus of fish in the Ambassidae family. The genus was created by French naturalist Georges Cuvier, and is Greek for 'climbing up'. It contains the following species:

• Agassiz's olive glassfish, Ambassis agassizii Steindachner, 1867.
• Sailfin glass perchlet, Ambassis agrammus Günther, 1867.
• Commerson's glassy, Ambassis ambassis (Lacépède, 1802).
• Buru glass perchlet, Ambassis buruensis Bleeker, 1856.
• Buton glassy perchlet, Ambassis buton Popta, 1918.
• Malabar glassy perchlet, Ambassis dussumieri Cuvier, 1828.
• Yellowfin glassfish, Ambassis elongatus (Castelnau, 1878).
• Dusky glass perch, Ambassis fontoynonti Pellegrin, 1932.
• Bald glassy, Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacépède, 1802).
• Long-spined glass perchlet, Ambassis interrupta Bleeker, 1852.
• Port Jackson perchlet, Ambassis jacksoniensis (Macleay, 1881).
• Freckled hawkfish, Ambassis kopsii Bleeker, 1858.
• Macleay's glass perchlet, Ambassis macleayi (Castelnau, 1878).
• Estuarine glass perchlet, Ambassis macracanthus Bleeker, 1849.
• Estuary perchlet, Ambassis marianus Günther, 1880.
• Flag-tailed glass perchlet, Ambassis miops Günther, 1872.
• Mueller's glassfish, Ambassis muelleri Klunzinger, 1880.
• Scalloped perchlet, Ambassis nalua (Hamilton, 1822).
• Slender glassy, Ambassis natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908.
• Longspine glassy, Ambassis productus Guichenot, 1866.
• Banded-tail glassy perchlet, Ambassis urotaenia Bleeker, 1852.
• Vachelli's glass perchlet, Ambassis vachellii Richardson, 1846.