vachellii, Ambassis Richardson [J.] 1846:221 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Canton, China. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Ambassis vachellii Richardson 1846 -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:62 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:486 [ref. 12442], Allen & Burgess 1990:182 [ref. 15712], Allen 1991:117 [ref. 21090], Kottelat et al. 1993:105 [ref. 23448], Larson & Williams 1997:354 [ref. 23967] as vachelli, Allen 1997:98 [ref. 23977] as vachelli, Allen 1999:2435 [ref. 24812], Allen in Randall & Lim 2000:608 [ref. 25122], Kottelat 2001:58 [ref. 25482], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2002:189 [ref. 25930], Allen et al. 2006:972 [ref. 29066], Shibukawa 2009:80 [ref. 30449], Larson et al. 2013:95 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:321 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:94 [ref. 34464], Miesen et al. 2016:89 [ref. 34492], Pusey et al. 2017:52 [ref. 35250], Shibukawa in Kimura et al. 2018:93 [ref. 36460], Taki et al. 2021:357 [ref. 39830], Ghazali et al. 2024:[4] 160 [ref. 40992]). Current status: Valid as Ambassis vachellii Richardson 1846. Ambassidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.