Family Ambassidae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Ambassidae
Parent taxon: Ovalentariae according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Atherinomorphae, Blenniimorphae, Cichlomorphae, Embiotocidae, Mugilomorphae, Plesiopidae, Polycentridae, Pomacentridae, Pseudochromidae
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
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