Parambassis

Parambassis
Parambassis dayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Clade:	Ovalentaria
Order:	Mugiliformes
Family:	Ambassidae
Genus:	Parambassis Bleeker, 1874
Type species
Ambassis apogonoides Bleeker, 1851
Synonyms
Acanthoperca Castelnau, 1878 Paradoxodacna Roberts, 1989 Whitleyia Fowler & Bean, 1930

Parambassis is a genus of freshwater fish in the Asiatic glassfish family Ambassidae of order Perciformes. The type species is the Iridescent glassy perchlet (Ambassis apogonoides). These fishes originate mostly from Southeast Asia, but the species range across the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, from Pakistan, China and India south through Indonesia and New Guinea. Although primarily found in fresh water, a few species can also be seen in brackish water. The Parambassis species range in maximum size from 4–24 cm (1.5–9.5 in), but they are similar in appearance, with a lozenge-shaped form, typical perciform fins, and semitransparent or transparent body. Several of the species are common food fish in local markets, and some are kept as aquarium fish.

Species

There are currently 9 currently recognized species in this genus:

• Parambassis altipinnis G. R. Allen, 1982 (High-finned glassy perchlet)
• Parambassis apogonoides (Bleeker, 1851) (Iridescent glassy perchlet)
• Parambassis confinis (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Sepik glassy perchlet)
• Parambassis dayi (Bleeker, 1874) (Day's glassy perchlet)
• Parambassis gulliveri (Castelnau, 1878) (Giant glassfish)
• Parambassis macrolepis (Bleeker, 1856)
• Parambassis piratica (T. R. Roberts, 1989)
• Parambassis thomassi (F. Day, 1870) (Western Ghats glassy perchlet)
• Parambassis wolffii (Bleeker, 1850) (Dusky-fin glassy perchlet)