Ambassis miops

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
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Mugiliformes
Family:	Ambassidae
Genus:	Ambassis
Species:	A. miops
Binomial name
Ambassis miops Günther, 1871