The Pseudomugilidae, the blue-eyes, are a subfamily of atheriniform fish in the rainbowfish family Melanotaeniidae.[1] They inhabit fresh and brackish water in Australia, New Guinea and nearby smaller islands.[2] Blue-eyes are small fish, typically no more than 5 cm (2.0 in) in length. Like the larger Melanotaeniid rainbowfish, they spawn all year round, and attach their eggs to vegetation.[3]
| Blue-eyes | |
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| Forktail blue-eye (Pseudomugil furcatus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudomugilinae Kner, 1865 |
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Genera
editThere are three general in the Pseudomugilinae:[2]
- Kiunga G. R. Allen, 1983
- Pseudomugil Kner, 1866
- Scaturiginichthys Ivantsoff, Unmack, Saeed & Crowley, 1991
References
edit- ^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 358–363. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Pseudomugilidae". FishBase. February 2019 version.
- ^ Allen, Gerald R. (1998). Paxton, J.R.; Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 156. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.