miops, Ambassis Günther [A.] 1872:655 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871 (pt 3) (art. 1) (for 21 Nov. 1871); ref. 1997] Rarotonga Island, Cook Islands. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1871.9.13.217 [?2177]. •Valid as Ambassis miops Günther 1872 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:123 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:485 [ref. 12442], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:484 [ref. 25598], Allen & Burgess 1990:175 [ref. 15712], Allen 1991:116 [ref. 21090], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:797 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:105 [ref. 23448], Kuo & Shao 1999:401 [ref. 24297], Allen 1999:2435 [ref. 24812], Nakabo 2000:681 [ref. 25086], Doi et al. 2001:16 [ref. 25691], Sakai et al. 2001:93 [ref. 25693], Unmack 2001:1062 [ref. 25797], Allen et al. 2002:184 [ref. 25930], Nakabo 2002:681 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S103 [ref. 27377], Larson & Pidgeon 2004:196 [ref. 28107], Allen et al. 2006:972 [ref. 29066], Motomura et al. 2010:94 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:382 [ref. 31242], Kottelat 2013:320 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:57 [ref. 33932], Miesen et al. 2016:88 [ref. 34492], Koeda et al. 2016:24 [ref. 35333], Pusey et al. 2017:51 [ref. 35250], Motomura et al. 2017:78 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2019:109 [ref. 36673], Tomimori et al. 2020:60 [ref. 38507], Keith et al. 2021:76 [ref. 38257], Anderson & Heemstra 2022:22 [ref. 39744], Okamura et al. 2023:4 [ref. 40166], Jamandre 2023:172 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Ambassis miops Günther 1872. Ambassidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: west coast of India east to Philippines and Samoa, north to Seto Inland Sea and Kochi Prefecture (southern Japan), northeast Australia, south to New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.