Pseudomugil
| Pseudomugil | |
|---|---|
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| Forktail blue-eye(P. furcatus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Pseudomugilidae |
| Genus: | Pseudomugil Kner, 1865 |
Pseudomugil is a genus of small blue-eyes endemic to Australia and New Guinea, where they are found in freshwater rivers and streams and bodies of brackish water. They are small slender fish characterised by their blue eyes and two dorsal fins.
Taxonomy
Defined by Austrian naturalist Rudolf Kner in 1865, the genus has been placed in the Atherinidae, the rainbowfish family Melanotainiidae or its own family Pseudomugilidae, with consensus now on the last option. The type species is the Pacific blue-eye (Pseudomugil signifer)[1]
Species
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Pseudomugil connieae (G. R. Allen, 1981) (Popondetta blue-eye)
- Pseudomugil cyanodorsalis G. R. Allen & Sarti, 1983 (Blueback blue-eye)
- Pseudomugil furcatus Nichols, 1955 (Forktail 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 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)
Description
Members of the genus Pseudomugil have slender bodies and two dorsal fins. They are usually sexually dimorphic.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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): 719–87. doi:10.1071/MF9890719.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Pseudomugil in FishBase. June 2012 version.
External links
- http://rainbowfish.angfaqld.org.au/Melano.htm Description of all rainbowfish by Adrian Tappin, see Pseudomugil
Bibliography
- Brown, M. D., Thomas, D., & Kay, B. H. (1998). Acute toxicity of selected pesticides to the pacific blue-eye, Pseudomugil signifer (Pisces). Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 14(4), 463-466 (résumé/abstract)