We sequenced and identified BAP1 mutations in 4/50 OM cases with metastases vs. 0/50 OM controls without metastases (8% vs. 0%, p = .059) and 2/7 CM patients from mixed CM-OM families vs. 1/193 CM probands from non-OM families (29% vs. 0.52%, p = .003). Here, BAP1 is linked to ocular melanoma.