Pseudomugil
Genus of fishes
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::summary Genus of fishes ::
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Pseudomugil is a genus of fish in the family Pseudomugilidae endemic to Australia and New Guinea, where they are found in freshwater rivers and streams and bodies of brackish water.
Description
Members of this genus have slender bodies and two dorsal fins. They are usually sexually dimorphic. 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 & Sarti, 1983 (Neon blue-eye)
- Pseudomugil furcatus Nichols, 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)
- 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
References
- {{Cof family
- {{FishBase_genus. (2016)
- 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.''
- (14 March 2019). "Order Atheriniformes: Families Bedotiidae, Melanotaeniidae, Pseudomugilidae, Telmatherinidae, Isonidae, Dentatherinidae and Phallostethidae". Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara.
- 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.''
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