IRMNG - Ambassidae Klunzinger, 1870

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Ambassidae Klunzinger, 1870

IRMNG_ID

117136 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:117136)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Perciformes

Synonymised names

Chandidae Fowler, 1905 · unaccepted

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Genus Ambassis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828
Genus Chanda Hamilton, 1822
Genus Denariusa Whitley, 1948
Genus Gymnochanda Fraser-Brunner, 1955
Genus Neodapalis Bradić-Milinović, Schwarzhans & He, 2026 †
Genus Paradoxodacna Roberts, 1989
Genus Parambassis Bleeker, 1874
Genus Priopis Kuhl & van Hasselt in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830
Genus Pseudambassis Bleeker, 1874
Genus Tetracentrum Macleay, 1883
Genus Acanthoperca Castelnau, 1878 accepted as Parambassis Bleeker, 1874
Genus Ambasis Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Ambassis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828
Genus Ambassus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Ambassis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828
Genus Austrochanda Whitley, 1935 accepted as Ambassis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828
Genus Blandowskiella Iredale & Whitley, 1932 accepted as Ambassis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828
Genus Bogoda Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Chanda Hamilton, 1822 (synonym)
Genus Chamba McClelland, 1842 accepted as Chanda Hamilton, 1822
Genus Gymnochanda Boeseman, 1957 accepted as Gymnochanda Fraser-Brunner, 1955
Genus Hamiltonia Swainson, 1839 accepted as Chanda Hamilton, 1822
Genus Konopickia Whitley, 1937 accepted as Ambassis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828
Genus Negambassis Whitley, 1935 accepted as Tetracentrum Macleay, 1883
Genus Priopidichthys Whitley, 1935 accepted as Ambassis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828
Genus Pseudoambassis Castelnau, 1878 accepted as Ambassis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828
Genus Pseudoambassius accepted as Ambassis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828
Genus Synechopterus Norman, 1935 accepted as Tetracentrum Macleay, 1883
Genus Velambassis Whitley, 1935 accepted as Ambassis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828
Genus Whitleyia Fowler & Bean, 1930 accepted as Parambassis Bleeker, 1874
Genus Whitleyina Fowler & Bean, 1930 accepted as Parambassis Bleeker, 1874
Genus Xenambassis Schultz, 1945 accepted as Tetracentrum Macleay, 1883

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2023). Ambassidae Klunzinger, 1870. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117136 on 2026-06-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2023-05-20 14:33:10Z

changed

Girard, Jean-Sébastien

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basis of record CoL2006/FishBase [details]

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

habitat flag source FishBase [details]

Unreviewed

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Osteichthyes (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Ambassidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: Mixed Marine + Freshwater. [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

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