Ambassis miops Günther 1872

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 109

Ambassis miops Günther 1872 —Flag-tailed glass perchlet

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from Kavieng, New Ireland by Allen & Burgess (1990: 143, 175–177).

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: India east to Philippines and Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia. Found in lower reaches of streams, estuaries, in mangrove habitats, and in adjacent marine areas, 0–2 m depth. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.