Ambassidae

Asiatic glassfishes

51 species

1. 1Ambassis agassizii Steindachner, 1867 · Agassiz's glassfishfresh · subtropical
2. 2Ambassis agrammus Günther, 1867 · Sailfin glass perchletfresh · brackish · tropical
3. 3Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède, 1802) · Commerson's glassyfresh · brackish · ocean · subtropical
4. 4Ambassis buruensis Bleeker, 1856 · Buru glass perchletfresh · brackish · tropical
5. 5Ambassis buton Popta, 1918 · Buton glassy perchletfresh · brackish · tropical
6. 6Ambassis dussumieri Cuvier, 1828 · Malabar glassy perchletfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
7. 7Ambassis elongata (Castelnau, 1878) · Elongate glassfishfresh · tropical
8. 8Ambassis fontoynonti Pellegrin, 1932fresh · tropical
9. 9Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacepède, 1802) · Bald glassyfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
10. 10Ambassis interrupta Bleeker, 1853 · Long-spined glass perchletfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
11. 11Ambassis jacksoniensis (Macleay, 1881) · Port Jackson glassfishfresh · brackish · ocean · subtropical
12. 12Ambassis kopsii Bleeker, 1858 · Singapore glassy perchletfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
13. 13Ambassis macleayi (Castelnau, 1878) · Macleay's glass perchletfresh · tropical
14. 14Ambassis macracanthus Bleeker, 1849 · Estuarine glass perchletfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
15. 15Ambassis marianus Günther, 1880 · Estuary glassfishfresh · brackish · subtropical
16. 16Ambassis miops Günther, 1872 · Flag-tailed glass perchletfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
17. 17Ambassis nalua (Hamilton, 1822) · Scalloped perchletfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
18. 18Ambassis natalensis Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 · Slender glassyfresh · brackish · ocean · subtropical
19. 19Ambassis urotaenia Bleeker, 1852 · Banded-tail glassy perchletfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
20. 20Ambassis vachellii Richardson, 1846 · Vachelli's glass perchletfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
21. 21Chanda nama Hamilton, 1822 · Elongate glass-perchletfresh · brackish · tropical
22. 22Denariusa australis (Steindachner, 1867) · Pennyfishfresh · tropical
23. 23Gymnochanda filamentosa Fraser-Brunner, 1955fresh · brackish · tropical
24. 24Gymnochanda flamea Roberts, 1995fresh · tropical
25. 25Gymnochanda limi Kottelat, 1995fresh · tropical
26. 26Gymnochanda ploegi Tan & Lim, 2014fresh · tropical
27. 27Gymnochanda verae Tan & Lim, 2011fresh · tropical
28. 28Paradoxodacna piratica Roberts, 1989fresh · brackish · tropical
29. 29Parambassis alleni (Datta & Chaudhuri, 1993)fresh · tropical
30. 30Parambassis altipinnis Allen, 1982 · High-finned glass perchletfresh · tropical
31. 31Parambassis apogonoides (Bleeker, 1851) · Iridescent glassy perchletfresh · tropical
32. 32Parambassis baculis (Hamilton, 1822) · Himalayan glassy perchletfresh · subtropical
33. 33Parambassis bistigmata Geetakumari, 2012fresh · tropical
34. 34Parambassis confinis (Weber, 1913) · Sepik glass perchletfresh · tropical
35. 35Parambassis dayi (Bleeker, 1874) · Day's glassy perchletfresh · brackish · tropical
36. 36Parambassis gulliveri (Castelnau, 1878) · Giant glassfishfresh · tropical
37. 37Parambassis lala (Hamilton, 1822) · Highfin glassy perchletfresh · brackish · tropical
38. 38Parambassis macrolepis (Bleeker, 1856)fresh · tropical
39. 39Parambassis pulcinella Kottelat, 2003fresh · tropical
40. 40Parambassis ranga (Hamilton, 1822) · Indian glassy fishfresh · brackish · tropical
41. 41Parambassis serrata Dishma & Vishwanath, 2015fresh · tropical
42. 42Parambassis siamensis (Fowler, 1937)fresh · tropical
43. 43Parambassis tenasserimensis Roberts, 1995fresh · tropical
44. 44Parambassis thomassi (Day, 1870) · Western Ghat glassy perchletfresh · brackish · ocean · tropical
45. 45Parambassis vollmeri Roberts, 1995fresh · tropical
46. 46Parambassis waikhomi Geetakumari & Basudha, 2012fresh · tropical
47. 47Parambassis wolffii (Bleeker, 1850) · Duskyfin glassy perchletfresh · tropical
48. 48Pseudambassis roberti Datta & Chaudhuri, 1993fresh · brackish · tropical
49. 49Tetracentrum apogonoides Macleay, 1883 · Four-spined glass perchletfresh · tropical
50. 50Tetracentrum caudovittatus (Norman, 1935) · Kokoda glass perchletfresh · tropical
51. 51Tetracentrum honessi (Schultz, 1945) · Honess' glass perchletfresh · tropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.