Synonyma
Acanthoperca Castelnau, 1878 ― Acanthoperca gulliveri Castelnau, 1878
Castelnau, F. L. 1878. Notes on the fishes of the Norman River. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 3 (pt 1): 41-51.
Paradoxodacna Roberts, 1989 ― Paradoxodacna piratica Roberts, 1989
Roberts T. R. 1989. The freshwater fishes of western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia). Mem. Calif. Acad. Sci. No. 14. i-xii + 1-210.
Whitleyia Fowler & Bean, 1930 ― Ambassis wolffii Bleeker, 1850
Fowler, H. W. & Bean, B. A. 1930. Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. The fishes of the families Amiidae ... and Serranidae, obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross" in 1907 to 1910 ... adjacent seas. Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 100, v. 10: i-ix + 1-334.
Typový druh
Ambassis apogonoides Bleeker, 1851.
Původní popis
Bleeker P. 1874. Révision des especes d'Ambassis et de Parambassis de l'Inde archipélagique. Natuurk. Verh. Holland. Maatsch. Wet. Haarlem (Ser. 3) v. 2 (no. 2). 83-106.