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Ambassis  Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1828
Taxonomic Serial No.: 167652

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): glassies [English]
  
    perchlets [English]
  
    common glassfishes [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderPercoidei   
                                  FamilyChandidae  – Asiatic glassfishes  
                                     GenusAmbassis Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1828 – glassies, perchlets, common glassfishes  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Ambassis agassizii Steindachner, 1867  
                                        Species Ambassis agrammus Günther, 1867  
                                        Species Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède, 1802)  
                                        Species Ambassis buruensis Bleeker, 1856 – east Indian glassfish, Melanesian glassfish 
                                        Species Ambassis buton Popta, 1918  
                                        Species Ambassis dussumieri Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1828  
                                        Species Ambassis elongatus (Castelnau, 1878)  
                                        Species Ambassis fontoynonti Pellegrin, 1932  
                                        Species Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacepède, 1802) – bald glassy, bald glassy 
                                        Species Ambassis interrupta Bleeker, 1852  
                                        Species Ambassis jacksoniensis (Macleay, 1881)  
                                        Species Ambassis kopsii Bleeker, 1858  
                                        Species Ambassis macleayi (Castelnau, 1878)  
                                        Species Ambassis macracanthus Bleeker, 1849  
                                        Species Ambassis marianus Günther, 1880  
                                        Species Ambassis miops Günther, 1872 – lafa glassfish 
                                        Species Ambassis muelleri Klunzinger, 1880  
                                        Species Ambassis nalua (Hamilton, 1822)  
                                        Species Ambassis natalensis Gilchrist and Thompson, 1908 – slender glassy, slender glassy 
                                        Species Ambassis thermalis Cuvier – hot spring glassy perchlet 
                                        Species Ambassis urotaenia Bleeker, 1852 – bandedtail glassy perchlet, bandedtail glassy perchlet 
                                        Species Ambassis vachellii Richardson, 1846  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Wayne C. Starnes  
  Notes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA   
  Reference for: Ambassis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Ambassis   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ambassis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Ambassis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Ambassis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ambassis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ambassis, glassies [English]   
       

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