telkara, Ambassis Whitley [G. P.] 1935:349, Fig. 2 [Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) v. 5 (no. 3); ref. 4684] Bathurst Head, northern Queensland, Australia. Holotype: SAMA F1793. Paratypes: AMS IA.6046 (6), SAMA F1794 (27). Type catalog: Glover 1976:172 [ref. 19449] lists holotype SAMA F1793, with remarks that 27 specimens registered SAMA F1794 which probably constitute paratypes. Holotype established in caption to Fig. 2. •Synonym of Ambassis vachellii Richardson 1846 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:486 [ref. 12442], Allen & Burgess 1990:182 [ref. 15712], Allen et al. 2006:973 [ref. 29066], Kottelat 2013:321 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Ambassis vachellii Richardson 1846. Ambassidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.