macleayi, Pseudoambassis Castelnau [F. L.] 1878:43 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 3 (pt 1); ref. 762] Norman River, Queensland, Australia. Lectotype: MAMU F.433 [largest specimen, 1 of 3]. Paralectotypes: MAMU F.433 (2 of 3). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:100 [ref. 12478], Gill et al. 2018:568 [ref. 36070]. Lectotype selected by Whitley 1935:358 [ref. 4684], but Allen & Burgess were unable to locate it. •Valid as Ambassis macleayi (Castelnau 1878) -- (Roberts 1978:54 [ref. 8886], Paxton et al. 1989:485 [ref. 12442], Allen & Burgess 1990:169 [ref. 15712], Allen & Leggett 1990:536 [ref. 20887], Larson & Martin 1990:38 [ref. 16606], Allen 1991:115 [ref. 21090], Pusey et al. 2000:72 [ref. 24466], Unmack 2001:1062 [ref. 25797], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2002:183 [ref. 25930], Allen et al. 2006:972 [ref. 29066], Allen et al. 2008:113 [ref. 30265], Morgan et al. 2011:14 [ref. 31262], Larson et al. 2013:95 [ref. 32988], Pusey et al. 2017:50 [ref. 35250], Gill et al. 2018:567 [ref. 36070]). •Valid as Pseudoambassis macleayi Castelnau 1878 -- (Ghazali et al. 2024:8 [ref. 40872]). Current status: Valid as Pseudoambassis macleayi Castelnau 1878. Ambassidae. Distribution: Northern and western Australia and Papua New Guinea. Habitat: freshwater.