Traits taxon details
Ambassis Cuvier, 1828
- Species Ambassis agassizii Steindachner, 1867
- Species Ambassis agrammus Günther, 1867
- Species Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède, 1802)
- Species Ambassis antipodus (Schwarzhans, 1980) †
- Species Ambassis buruensis Bleeker, 1856
- Species Ambassis buton Popta, 1918
- Species Ambassis dussumieri Cuvier, 1828
- Species Ambassis elongata (Castelnau, 1878)
- Species Ambassis fontoynonti Pellegrin, 1932
- Species Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacepède, 1802)
- Species Ambassis interrupta Bleeker, 1853
- 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
- Species Ambassis nalua (Hamilton, 1822)
- Species Ambassis natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908
- Species Ambassis simesi Schwarzhans, 2019 †
- Species Ambassis thermalis Cuvier, 1829
- Species Ambassis urotaenia Bleeker, 1852
- Species Ambassis vachellii Richardson, 1846
- Species Ambassis commersoni Cuvier, 1828 accepted as Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède, 1802) (misspelling)
- Species Ambassis productus Guichenot, 1866 accepted as Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède, 1802)
- Species Ambassis safgha (Fabricius, 1775) accepted as Ambassis natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ambassis Cuvier, 1828. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204831 on 2025-07-18
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Ambassis Cuvier, 1828. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204831 on 2025-07-18
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Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1828). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome second. Livre Troisième. Des poissons de la famille des perches, ou des percoïdes. 2: i-xxi + 2 pp + 1-490, Pls. 9-40. [details]
taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Catalog of Fishes
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ambassis)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ambassis FIN026130 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ambassis FIN026131 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Catalog of Fishes
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ambassis)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ambassis FIN026130 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ambassis FIN026131 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
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