5-465: Ambassis Chanda † Dapalis Denariusa Gymnochanda † Kapurdia Paradoxodacna Parambassis Pseudambassis Tetracentrum The Asiatic glassfishes are a family , the Ambassidae , of freshwater and marine ray-finned fishes that were formerly classified in the order Perciformes , but most authorities consider this order to be paraphyletic and that
10-507: The Ambassidae are of uncertain affinities, incertae sedis , but within the subseries Ovalentaria . The species in the family are native to Asia , Oceania , the Indian Ocean , and the western Pacific Ocean . The family includes eight genera and about 51 species. Some species are known as perchlets . The largest species reaches a maximum size around 26 cm (10 in). Many of
15-669: The name. Because Ambassidae was used first, in 1870, it has precedence over Chandidae, which was first used in 1905. This Mugiliformes -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ambassis Ambassis is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Ambassidae , the Asiatic glassfishes. They are found widely in the Indo-Pacific region, with species in fresh, brackish and coastal marine waters. This genus includes fish known commonly as glassies , perchlets , and common glassfishes . The genus name
20-566: The oldest known fossil members of the family is Dapalis , which appears to be a stem group -glassfish with fossil otoliths known as far back as the Late Cretaceous . Full-body fossils of Dapalis become particularly common in the Late Oligocene and Early Miocene of Europe. The fossil genus Kapurdia is known from the early Eocene of Rajasthan , India. The family has also been called Chandidae , and some sources continue to use
25-462: The species are noted for their transparent or semitransparent bodies. Several species are used as aquarium fish, noted for their transparent bodies. The Indian glassy fish ( Parambassis ranga ) is transparent, but showier specimens that had been injected with artificial coloring were sold as novelty pets in the 1990s. Since then, these " painted fish " have become much less popular, with more fishkeepers seeking naturally pigmented specimens. One of
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