Ambassis miops

{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}}

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| image = Ambassis miops.jpg

| status = LC| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Larson, H. |author2=Kennard, M. |author3=Hammer, M. |date=2019 |title=Ambassis miops |volume=2019 |page=e.T180926A174794313 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T180926A174794313.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| taxon = Ambassis miops

| authority =Günther, 1871

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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 native to eastern Australia.{{cite book|title=Freshwater Fishes of North-Eastern Australia|editor1=Brad Pusey |editor2=Mark Kennard |editor3=Angela Arthington |publisher=Csiro Publishing|location=Collingwood, Victoria|date=2004|pages=306–08|isbn=9780643098954|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yqmPm7iQEIMC&q=ambassis+miops |accessdate=11 June 2018}} It is found only in a few coastal sites along the North Queensland coast. A distinguishing feature of this species is a tiny spine is situated above the rear corner of the eye.{{Cite web|url = http://www.fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1585|title = Ambassis|date = |accessdate = 2015-05-06|website = |publisher = Fishesinaustralia|last = Thompson|first = Vanessa}}

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