Pseudomugil furcatus

Forktail blue-eye
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Pseudomugilidae
Genus: Pseudomugil
Species: P. furcatus
Binomial name
Pseudomugil furcatus
Nichols, 1955

Pseudomugil furcatus, commonly known as the forktail blue-eye, is a species of fish in the family Pseudomugilidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea south-east of Popondetta, where found in rainforest streams.

It used to be placed in genuns Popondetta or even separated as Popondichthys, but this is now considered erroneous.

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