Ambassis miops
Species of ray-finned fish
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Ambassis miops, commonly known as the flag-tailed glassfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Ambassidae. It is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific - Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste and Vanuatu.[1] It is found only in a few coastal sites along the North Queensland coast in Australia.[2] A distinguishing feature of this species is a tiny spine is situated above the rear corner of the eye.[3]
| Ambassis miops | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Mugiliformes |
| Family: | Ambassidae |
| Genus: | Ambassis |
| Species: | A. miops |
| Binomial name | |
| Ambassis miops Günther, 1871 | |
