Paska's blue-eye

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Paska's blue-eye (Pseudomugil paskai) is a species of fish in the subfamily Pseudomugilinae. It is found in the Fly River system in Papua New Guinea.[2] This species reaches a length of 3.0 cm (1.2 in).[3]

Paska's blue-eye
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Pseudomugil
Species:
P. paskai
Binomial name
Pseudomugil paskai

Etymology

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The specific name honours John Paska who was a technician with the Papua New Guinea Ministry of Fisheries.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Palmer-Newton, A. (2020). "Pseudomugil paskai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T18547A147757519. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T18547A147757519.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Adrian R. Lappin (March 2016). "Pseudomugil paskai". Rainbowfish. ANGFA. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudomugil paskai". FishBase. February 2019 version.
  4. ^ 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.