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Ambassis Cuvier, 1828

204831  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204831)

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  1. Species Ambassis agrammus Günther, 1867
  2. Species Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède, 1802)
  3. Species Ambassis buruensis Bleeker, 1856
  4. Species Ambassis buton Popta, 1918
  5. Species Ambassis dussumieri Cuvier, 1828
  6. Species Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacepède, 1802)
  7. Species Ambassis interrupta Bleeker, 1853
  8. Species Ambassis jacksoniensis (MacLeay, 1881)
  9. Species Ambassis kopsii Bleeker, 1858
  10. Species Ambassis macracanthus Bleeker, 1849
  11. Species Ambassis marianus Günther, 1880
  12. Species Ambassis miops Günther, 1872
  13. Species Ambassis nalua (Hamilton, 1822)
  14. Species Ambassis natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908
  15. Species Ambassis thermalis Cuvier, 1829
  16. Species Ambassis urotaenia Bleeker, 1852
  17. Species Ambassis vachellii Richardson, 1846
  18. Species Ambassis alta Cuvier, 1828 accepted as Parambassis ranga (Hamilton, 1822)
  19. Species Ambassis barlovi Sykes, 1839 accepted as Parambassis ranga (Hamilton, 1822)
  20. Species Ambassis bleekeri Maugé, 1984 accepted as Ambassis dussumieri Cuvier, 1828
  21. Species Ambassis bogoda (Hamilton, 1822) accepted as Chanda nama Hamilton, 1822
  22. Species Ambassis buroensis Bleeker, 1856 accepted as Ambassis buruensis Bleeker, 1856 (misspelling)
  23. Species Ambassis commersoni Cuvier, 1828 accepted as Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède, 1802) (misspelling)
  24. Species Ambassis commersonii Cuvier, 1828 accepted as Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède, 1802)
  25. Species Ambassis dalyensis Rendahl, 1922 accepted as Ambassis interrupta Bleeker, 1853
  26. Species Ambassis dayi Bleeker, 1874 accepted as Parambassis dayi (Bleeker, 1874)
  27. Species Ambassis denticulata Klunzinger, 1870 accepted as Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacepède, 1802)
  28. Species Ambassis elevatus MacLeay, 1881 accepted as Ambassis interrupta Bleeker, 1853
  29. Species Ambassis gruendleri Popta, 1918 accepted as Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède, 1802) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  30. Species Ambassis indica McClelland & Griffith, 1842 accepted as Chanda nama Hamilton, 1822
  31. Species Ambassis interruptus Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Ambassis interrupta Bleeker, 1853 (misspelling)
  32. Species Ambassis klunzingeri Steindachner, 1880 accepted as Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède, 1802) (synonym)
  33. Species Ambassis kopsi Bleeker, 1858 accepted as Ambassis kopsii Bleeker, 1858 (misspelling)
  34. Species Ambassis lafa Jordan & Seale, 1906 accepted as Ambassis miops Günther, 1872
  35. Species Ambassis lala (Hamilton, 1822) accepted as Parambassis lala (Hamilton, 1822)
  36. Species Ambassis lungi (Jordan & Seale, 1907) accepted as Ambassis urotaenia Bleeker, 1852
  37. Species Ambassis malabaricus Valenciennes, 1849 accepted as Parambassis dayi (Bleeker, 1874)
  38. Species Ambassis malua (Hamilton, 1822) accepted as Ambassis nalua (Hamilton, 1822) (misspelling)
  39. Species Ambassis myops Günther, 1872 accepted as Ambassis miops Günther, 1872 (misspelling)
  40. Species Ambassis nama (Hamilton, 1822) accepted as Chanda nama Hamilton, 1822
  41. Species Ambassis notatus Blyth, 1860 accepted as Parambassis ranga (Hamilton, 1822)
  42. Species Ambassis oblonga Cuvier, 1828 accepted as Chanda nama Hamilton, 1822
  43. Species Ambassis papuensis Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877 accepted as Ambassis urotaenia Bleeker, 1852
  44. Species Ambassis phula (Hamilton, 1822) accepted as Chanda nama Hamilton, 1822
  45. Species Ambassis productus Guichenot, 1866 accepted as Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède, 1802)
  46. Species Ambassis ranga (Hamilton, 1822) accepted as Parambassis ranga (Hamilton, 1822)
  47. Species Ambassis reticulata Weber, 1913 accepted as Ambassis agrammus Günther, 1867
  48. Species Ambassis reticulatus Weber, 1913 accepted as Ambassis agrammus Günther, 1867
  49. Species Ambassis safgha (Fabricius, 1775) accepted as Ambassis natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  50. Species Ambassis telkara Whitley, 1935 accepted as Ambassis vachellii Richardson, 1846
  51. Species Ambassis thomasi Day, 1870 accepted as Parambassis thomassi (Day, 1870) (misspelling)
  52. Species Ambassis thomassi Day, 1870 accepted as Parambassis thomassi (Day, 1870)
  53. Species Ambassis valenciennii Vaillant, 1877 accepted as Parambassis dayi (Bleeker, 1874)
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: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204831 on 2025-05-08
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2004-06-06 22:00:00Z
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2006-09-05 08:30:55Z
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Martinez, Olga
2013-03-07 14:11:33Z
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2014-11-21 13:09:37Z
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Nomenclature

original description 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] 

original description (of Pseudoambassis Castelnau, 1878) Castelnau, F. L. (1878). Notes on the fishes of the Norman River. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 3 (pt 1): 41-51. [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

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] 

 
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