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 the Ambassidae are of uncertain affinities, incertae sedis, but within the subseries Ovalentaria.

The largest species reaches a maximum size around 26 cm (10 in).

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.

[7] One of the most notable fossil members of the family is Dapalis, which appears to be a stem group-glassfish that was dominant in freshwater and estuarine ecosystems throughout Europe from the Middle Eocene to Middle Miocene, with 21 species known from both fossil skeletons and otoliths.