There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus: •
Ambassis ambassis (
Lacépède, 1802) – Commerson's glassy •
Ambassis bleekeri Maugé, 1984 •
Ambassis buruensis Bleeker, 1856 – Buru glass perchlet •
Ambassis buton Popta, 1918 – Buton glassy perchlet •
Ambassis denticulata Klunzinger, 1870 •
Ambassis dussumieri G. Cuvier, 1828 – Malabar glassy perchlet •
Ambassis fontoynonti Pellegrin, 1932 – dusky glass perch •
Ambassis interrupta Bleeker, 1853 – long-spined glass perchlet •
Ambassis kopsii Bleeker, 1858 – freckled hawkfish •
Ambassis macracanthus Bleeker, 1849 – estuarine glass perchlet •
Ambassis marianus Günther, 1880 – estuary perchlet •
Ambassis miops Günther, 1872 – flag-tailed glass perchlet •
Ambassis nalua (
F. Hamilton, 1822) – scalloped perchlet •
Ambassis natalensis Gilchrist &
W. W. Thompson, 1908 – slender glassy •
Ambassis octava Ghazali, Lavoué, Nor, Muhammad-Rasul & Tan, 2023 •
Ambassis telkara Whitley, 1935 •
Ambassis thermalis Cuvier, 1829 •
Ambassis urotaenia Bleeker, 1852 – banded-tail glassy perchlet •
Ambassis vachellii J. Richardson, 1846 – Vachelli's glass perchlet ;Synonyms •
Ambassis commersonii (Lacépède, 1802) valid as
A. ambassis •
Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacépède, 1802) valid as
A. ambassis (bald glassy) == References ==