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Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Ambassis | |
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Ambassis macleayi | |
Scientific 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 | |
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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]
There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:[3]
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