''Pseudomugil'' is a

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in the

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Pseudomugilinae The Pseudomugilidae, the blue-eyes, are a subfamily of atheriniform fish in the rainbowfish family Melanotaeniidae. They inhabit fresh and brackish water in Australia, New Guinea and nearby smaller islands. Blue-eyes are small fish, typicall ...

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and

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, where they are found in

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rivers and streams and bodies of

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Description

Members of this genus have slender bodies and two

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s. They are usually

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.Saeed, B., Ivantsoff, W. & Allen, G.R. (1989): Taxonomic Revision of the Family Pseudomugilidae (Order Atheriniformes). ''Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 40 (6): 719-787.'' The name of this genus is a combination of ''pseudo'' meaning "false" and ''mugil'' meaning "mullet", referring to the resemblance of the body shape of this genus to that of the unrelated mullets.

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: * '' Pseudomugil connieae'' ( G. R. Allen, 1981) (Popondetta blue-eye) * '' Pseudomugil cyanodorsalis'' G. R. Allen &

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, 1983 (Neon blue-eye) * '' Pseudomugil furcatus''

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, 1955 (Fork-tail blue-eye) * '' Pseudomugil gertrudae'' M. C. W. Weber, 1911 (Spotted blue-eye) * '' Pseudomugil inconspicuus'' T. R. Roberts, 1978 (Inconspicuous blue-eye) * '' Pseudomugil ivantsoffi'' G. R. Allen & Renyaan, 1999 (Ivantsoff's blue-eye) * '' Pseudomugil luminatus'' G. R. Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016 (Red Neon blue-eye) Allen, G.R., Unmack, P.J. & Hadiaty, R.K. (2016): ''Pseudomugil luminatus'', a new species of Blue-eye (Teleostei: Pseudomugilidae) from southern New Guinea, with notes on ''P. gertrudae''. ''Fishes of Sahul, 30 (1): 950-961.'' * '' Pseudomugil majusculus'' Ivantsoff & G. R. Allen, 1984 (Cape blue-eye) * ''

Pseudomugil mellis The honey blue-eye (''Pseudomugil mellis'') is an endangered species of fish in the subfamily Pseudomugilinae. It is Endemism, endemic to southeastern Queensland, Queensland, Australia, where it is found in mildly acidic, often tannin-stained, po ...

'' G. R. Allen & Ivantsoff, 1982 (Honey blue-eye) * '' Pseudomugil novaeguineae'' M. C. W. Weber, 1907 (New Guinea blue-eye) * ''

Pseudomugil paludicola The swamp blue-eye (''Pseudomugil paludicola'') is a species of fish in the subfamily Pseudomugilinae. It is found on the island of New Guinea, in southwestern Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ...

'' G. R. Allen & R. Moore, 1981 (Swamp blue-eye) * '' Pseudomugil paskai'' G. R. Allen & Ivantsoff, 1986 (Paska's blue-eye) * '' Pseudomugil pellucidus'' G. R. Allen & Ivantsoff, 1998 (Transparent blue-eye) * '' Pseudomugil reticulatus'' G. R. Allen & Ivantsoff, 1986 (Vogelkop blue-eye) * ''

Pseudomugil signifer The Pacific blue-eye (''Pseudomugil signifer'') is a species of fish in the subfamily Pseudomugilinae native to eastern Australia. Described by Austrian naturalist Rudolf Kner in 1866, it comprises two subspecies that have been regarded as sepa ...

'' Kner, 1866 (Pacific blue-eye) * ''

Pseudomugil tenellus The delicate blue-eye (''Pseudomugil tenellus'') is a species of fish in the subfamily Pseudomugilinae The Pseudomugilidae, the blue-eyes, are a subfamily of atheriniform fish in the rainbowfish family Melanotaeniidae. They inhabit fresh an ...

'' W. R. Taylor, 1964 (Delicate blue-eye)

References

External links

Pacific blue-eye in the wild video on Youtube

Wild Pacific blue-eye video on Youtube
{{Taxonbar, from=Q585074 Freshwater fish genera Pseudomugilinae Taxa named by Rudolf Kner Taxonomy articles created by Polbot