Species that contain: Ambassis and gymnocephalus [ 10 ] records

ambassis, Centropomus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1802:252, 273 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes: MNHN A-5470 (3, dry, Commerson specimens). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:99 [ref. 12478]. Based on description in manuscript by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist); Commerson specimens later identified (and they are the underlying specimens for Commerson's description and hence syntypes). •Synonym of Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Maugé 1986:297 [ref. 6218]). •Valid as Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède 1802) -- (Fricke 1999:172 [ref. 24106], Anderson & Heemstra 2003:201 [ref. 27368], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:154 [ref. 28072], Fricke et al. 2009:42 [ref. 30213], Kottelat 2013:319 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:141 [ref. 35805], Suresh et al. 2018:178 [ref. 36495], Eagderi et al. 2019:35 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 14 [ref. 38321], Anderson & Heemstra 2022:19 [ref. 39744], Moazzam & Osmany 2022:534 [ref. 39926], Ghazali et al. 2024:[11] 167 [ref. 40992]). Current status: Valid as Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède 1802). Ambassidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), Persian Gulf, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to western India. Habitat: brackish, marine.

argyrozona, Priopis Kuhl [H.] & van Hasselt [J. C.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:504 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 6; ref. 996] No locality [= Java, Indonesia]. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:100 [ref. 12478]. Based on a drawing. •Questionably a synonym of Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Kottelat 2013:319 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ambassis dussimieri Cuvier 1828. Current status: Synonym of Ambassis dussumieri Cuvier 1828. Ambassidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

bleekeri, Ambassis Maugé [A. L.] 1984:216, Fig. 1 [Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Série 4: Section A: Zoologie, Biologie et Écologie Animales v. 6 (no. 1); ref. 17440] Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 29222 [ex RMNH 5555]. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:70 [ref. 12478]. •Synonym of Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Kottelat 2013:319 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ambassis dussumieri Cuvier 1828 -- (Maugé 1986:298 [ref. 6218]). Current status: Synonym of Ambassis dussumieri Cuvier 1828. Ambassidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

commersonii, Ambassis Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:176, Pl. 25 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Réunion, western Mascarenes; Puducherry, India; Mahé, India; Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: MHNG 148.04 (1); MNHN 0000-2955 (1) Java, A-5470 (3, dry) Réunion, 0000-9164 (4) Puducherry, 0000-9352 (1) Java. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:70 [ref. 12478], Weber 1998:12 [ref. 32707]. Based on previous literature and specimens; perhaps can be regarded as a replacement name with the same types as Centropomis ambassis. Kottelat (2013) says 4 species are represented; need a lectotype designation. •Valid as Chanda commersonii (Cuvier 1828) -- (Dor 1984:94 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:24 [ref. 25356]). •Synonym of Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Maugé 1986:297 [ref. 6218], Fricke 1999:172 [ref. 24106] in part). •Valid as Ambassis commersonii Cuvier 1828 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:123 [ref. 6441] as commersoni, Pethiyagoda 1991:210 [ref. 20075] as commersoni, Talwar & Jhingran 1991:794 [ref. 20764] as commersoni, Indra 1993:188 [ref. 24009], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:219 [ref. 27969] as commersoni, Kuo & Shao 1999:401 [ref. 24297] as commersoni, Mishra et al. 1999:85 [ref. 25315] as commersoni, Nakabo 2000:681 [ref. 25086] as commersoni, Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:185 [ref. 25703] as commersoni, Sakai et al. 2001:93 [ref. 25693] as commersoni, Nakabo 2002:681 [ref. 26001] as commersoni, Narasimhaiah et al. 2016:69 [ref. 34975] as commersoni). •Synonym of Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède 1802) -- (Fricke 1999:172 [ref. 24106] in part, Anderson & Heemstra 2003:201 [ref. 27368], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S103 [ref. 27377], Kottelat 2013:319 [ref. 32989], Anderson & Heemstra 2022:19 [ref. 39744]). Current status: Synonym of Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède 1802). Ambassidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

denticulata, Ambassis Klunzinger [C. B.] 1870:719 [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 20; ref. 2621] Al-Qusair, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea. Syntypes: SMF 1324 (1), 7668-69 (2). •Synonym of Chanda gymnocephalus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Dor 1984:94 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Kottelat 2013:319 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Ambassis dussumieri Cuvier 1828 -- (Anderson & Heemstra 2003:202 [ref. 27368], Golani & Fricke 2018:60 [ref. 36273], Anderson & Heemstra 2022:20 [ref. 39744]). Current status: Synonym of Ambassis dussumieri Cuvier 1828. Ambassidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

dussumieri, Ambassis Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:181 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Malabar, India. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-9335 (1). Syntypes: MNHN 0000-9335 (2), SMF 1325 [ex MNHN in 1830] (1). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:70 [ref. 12478]. Lectotype selected by Anderson & Heemstra 1993:202. •Synonym of Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Kottelat 2013:319 [ref. 32989], Miesen et al. 2016:88 [ref. 34492] as gymnocephala). •Valid as Ambassis dussumieri Cuvier 1828 -- (Maugé 1986:297 [ref. 6218], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:795 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:104 [ref. 23448], Mishra et al. 1999:85 [ref. 25315], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:608 [ref. 25122], Skelton 2001:347 [ref. 27406], Anderson & Heemstra 2003:202 [ref. 27368], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S103 [ref. 27377], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:154 [ref. 28072], Larson & Pidgeon 2004:196 [ref. 28107], Allen et al. 2006:971 [ref. 29066], Larson et al. 2013:94 [ref. 32988], Golani & Fricke 2018:60 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:69 [ref. 36871], Anderson & Heemstra 2022:20 [ref. 39744], Stern et al. 2022:192 [ref. 39128], Ghazali et al. 2024:[4] 160 [ref. 40992]). Current status: Valid as Ambassis dussumieri Cuvier 1828. Ambassidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen) and Seychelles east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Taiwan, south to Cairns (Queensland, Australia); eastern Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea migrant). Habitat: brackish, marine.

gymnocephalus, Lutjanus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1802:181, 216 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] "Le grand Océan équinoxal or dans les parties de ce grand Océan voisines des tropiques" [Indo-Pacific]. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1981:25, 36 [ref. 21549]. Based on drawing in manuscript by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). Figured in Lacepède 1801: Pl. 23 (fig. 3) [ref. 2710] but caption regarded as in the vernacular. Neotype designated by Kottelat (2013:319 [ref. 32989]), but here considered as excluded according to ICZN Art. 75.2 as it was not selected in a revisionary study. •Valid as Chanda gymnocephalus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Dor 1984:94 [ref. 29757]). •Nomen dubium -- (Anderson & Heemstra 2003:200 [ref. 27368]). •Valid as Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Maugé 1986:297 [ref. 6218], Heemstra & Martin 1986:507 [ref. 6298], Yu & Zhou in Kuang et al. 1986:216 [ref. 26639], Martin & Heemstra 1988:9 [ref. 21758], Paxton et al. 1989:485 [ref. 12442], Zheng 1989:304 [ref. 21202], Allen & Burgess 1990:163 [ref. 15712], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:796 [ref. 20764], Liang in Pan et al. 1991:361 [ref. 23876], Kottelat et al. 1993:105 [ref. 23448], Skelton 1993:347 [ref. 24071], Goren & Dor 1994:24 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:121 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:220 [ref. 27969], Rainboth 1996:181 [ref. 22772], Larson & Williams 1997:354 [ref. 23967], Fricke 1999:172 [ref. 24106], Keith et al. 1999:98 [ref. 24548], Mishra & Srinivasan 1999:242 [ref. 24754], Allen 1999:2435 [ref. 24812], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:608 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:73 [ref. 25480], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:185 [ref. 25703], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S103 [ref. 27377], Seegers et al. 2003:42 [ref. 28087], Shibukawa 2009:78 [ref. 30449], Kottelat 2013:319 [ref. 32989], Miesen et al. 2016:88 [ref. 34492] as gymnocephala, Pusey et al. 2017:52 [ref. 35250], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:93 [ref. 36460], Suresh et al. 2018:179 [ref. 36495], Esmaeili et al. 2022:488 [ref. 39253], Moazzam & Osmany 2022:534 [ref. 39926], Esmaeili & Hamidan 2023:216 [ref. 40377], Jamandre 2023:172 [ref. 40455], Çiçek et al. 2024:326 [ref. 40789]). •Synonym of Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède 1802) -- (Ghazali et al. 2024:[11] 167 [ref. 40992]). Current status: Synonym of Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède 1802). Ambassidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa and South Africa east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Taiwan, south to Cairns (Queensland, Australia) [if valid]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

klunzingeri, Ambassis Steindachner [F.] 1880:238 [1] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 82 (1. Abth., no. 2); ref. 4230] Tohizona, Madagascar; Red Sea. Syntypes: (several) NMW 10879-80 (1, 1), 34621-24 (1, 1, 1, 1), 41597 (1). Not Red Sea material supposedly misidentified by Bleeker -- (Kottelat 2013:319 [ef. 32989]). •Synonym of Chanda gymnocephalus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Dor 1984:94 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Maugé 1986:297 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède 1802) -- (Anderson & Heemstra 2003:201 [ref. 27368], Kottelat 2013:319 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède 1802). Ambassidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

productus, Ambassis Guichenot [A.] 1866:130 [Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg v. 12 (= Ser. 2, v. 2); ref. 14054] Madagascar. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-4173. Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:70 [ref. 12478]. •Synonym of Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Maugé 1986:297 [ref. 6218]). •Valid as Ambassis productus Guichenot 1866 -- (Heemstra & Martin 1986:508 [ref. 6298], Martin & Heemstra 1988:10 [ref. 21758], Skelton 1993:349 [ref. 24071], Skelton 2001:349 [ref. 27406] as producta). •Synonym of Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède 1802) -- (Anderson & Heemstra 2003:201 [ref. 27368], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:154 [ref. 28072], Kottelat 2013:319 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède 1802). Ambassidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

roseus, Apogon Fischer [J. G.] 1885:66 [Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten v. 2; ref. 18083] Coast of Mozambique. Holotype (unique): ZMH 3432. •Synonym of Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacepède 1802) -- (Maugé 1986:297 [ref. 6218]). •Synonym of Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède 1802) -- (Kottelat 2013:319 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède 1802). Ambassidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.