Pseudomugil is a genus of fish in the subfamily Pseudomugilinae endemic to Australia and New Guinea, where they are found in freshwater rivers and streams and bodies of brackish water.[2]
| Pseudomugil | |
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| Pseudomugil furcatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudomugilinae |
| Genus: | Pseudomugil Kner, 1866 |
| Type species | |
| Pseudomugil signifer Kner, 1866
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Description
editMembers of this genus have slender bodies and two dorsal fins. They are usually sexually dimorphic.[3] 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.[4]
Species
editThere are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:
- Pseudomugil connieae (G. R. Allen, 1981) (Popondetta blue-eye)
- Pseudomugil cyanodorsalis G. R. Allen & Sarti, 1983 (Neon blue-eye)
- Pseudomugil furcatus Nichols, 1955 (Fork-tail blue-eye)
- Pseudomugil gertrudae M. C. W. Weber, 1911 (Spotted blue-eye) [5]
- 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) [5]
- Pseudomugil majusculus Ivantsoff & G. R. Allen, 1984 (Cape blue-eye)
- Pseudomugil mellis G. R. Allen & Ivantsoff, 1982 (Honey blue-eye)
- Pseudomugil novaeguineae M. C. W. Weber, 1907 (New Guinea blue-eye)
- Pseudomugil paludicola 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 Kner, 1866 (Pacific blue-eye)
- Pseudomugil tenellus W. R. Taylor, 1964 (Delicate blue-eye)
References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). Pseudomugilidae "Genera in the family Pseudomugilidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pseudomugil". FishBase. June 2016 version.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 March 2019). "Order Atheriniformes: Families Bedotiidae, Melanotaeniidae, Pseudomugilidae, Telmatherinidae, Isonidae, Dentatherinidae and Phallostethidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ a b 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.