Ambassis
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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:
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Ambassidae
Ambassidae
The Asiatic glassfishes are a family, Ambassidae, of freshwater and marine fishes in the order Perciformes. The species in the family are native to the waters of Asia and Oceania and the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. The family includes eight genera and about fifty species.The family was...
family. The genus was created by French naturalist Georges Cuvier
Georges Cuvier
Georges Chrétien Léopold Dagobert Cuvier or Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier , known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist...
, and is Greek for 'climbing up'.
It contains the following species:
- Agassiz's olive glassfish, Ambassis agassizii SteindachnerFranz SteindachnerFranz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.- Work and career :Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess...
, 1867. - Sailfin glass perchlet, Ambassis agrammus Günther, 1867.
- Commerson's glassy, Ambassis ambassis (Lacépède, 1802).
- Buru glass perchlet, Ambassis buruensis BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1856. - Buton glassy perchlet, Ambassis buton Popta, 1918.
- Malabar glassy perchlet, Ambassis dussumieri CuvierGeorges CuvierGeorges Chrétien Léopold Dagobert Cuvier or Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier , known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist...
, 1828. - Yellowfin glassfish, Ambassis elongatus (Castelnau, 1878).
- Dusky glass perchDusky glass perchThe dusky glass perch is a species of fish in the Ambassidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
, Ambassis fontoynonti Pellegrin, 1932. - Bald glassy, Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacépède, 1802).
- Long-spined glass perchlet, Ambassis interrupta BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1852. - Port Jackson perchlet, Ambassis jacksoniensis (Macleay, 1881).
- Freckled hawkfish, Ambassis kopsii BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1858. - Macleay's glass perchlet, Ambassis macleayi (Castelnau, 1878).
- Estuarine glass perchlet, Ambassis macracanthus BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 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 (HamiltonFrancis Buchanan-HamiltonDr Francis Buchanan, later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton was a Scottish physician who made significant contributions as a geographer, zoologist, and botanist while living in India.The standard botanical author abbreviation Buch.-Ham. is applied to...
, 1822). - Slender glassy, Ambassis natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908.
- Longspine glassy, Ambassis productus Guichenot, 1866.
- Banded-tail glassy perchlet, Ambassis urotaenia BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1852. - Vachelli's glass perchlet, Ambassis vachellii RichardsonJohn Richardson (naturalist)Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
, 1846.