Pseudomugilidae
- "Blue-eye" and "Blue-eyes" redirect here. For other uses, see Blue Eye (disambiguation) and Blue eyes (disambiguation).
The Blue-eyes are the family of atheriniform fish, the Pseudomugilidae, related to the rainbowfishes. They inhabit fresh and brackish water in Australia and New Guinea. Blue-eyes are small fish, typically no more than 5 centimetres (2.0 in) in length. Like rainbowfish, they spawn all year round, and attach their eggs to vegetation.[1]
Classification
The family contains fifteen species, grouped into three genera[2]:
Family: Pseudomugilidae
- Genus: Kiunga
- Genus: Popondichthys
- Genus: Pseudomugil
- Pseudomugil connieae - Popondetta blue-eye
- Pseudomugil cyanodorsalis - Blueback blue-eye
- Pseudomugil gertrudae - Spotted blue-eye
- Pseudomugil inconspicuus - Inconspicuous blue-eye
- Pseudomugil ivantsoffi
- Pseudomugil majusculus - Cape blue-eye
- Pseudomugil mellis - Honey blue-eye
- Pseudomugil novaeguineae - New Guinea blue-eye
- Pseudomugil paludicola - Swamp blue-eye
- Pseudomugil paskai - Paska's blue-eye
- Pseudomugil pellucidus
- Pseudomugil reticulatus - Vogelkop blue-eye
- Pseudomugil signifer - Pacific blue-eye
- Pseudomugil tenellus
- Genus: Scaturiginichthys
References
- ^ Allen, Gerald R. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N.. ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 156. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). "Pseudomugilidae" in FishBase. November 2008 version.