Ambassis

{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}}

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| image = Glassfish Ambassis.jpg

| image_caption = Ambassis macleayi

| taxon = Ambassis

| display_parents = 3

| authority = 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

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Ambassis is a genus of ray-finned 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.[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=167652 Ambassis.] Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). The genus name was derived from the Greek anabasis, meaning 'climbing up'.Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds. [http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Ambassis-agassizii.html Ambassis agassizii.] FishBase. 2014.