Pseudomugil

Pseudomugil is a genus of fish in the subfamily Pseudomugilinae endemic to Australia and New Guinea, where they are found in freshwater rivers and streams and bodies of brackish water.[2] Members of this genus have slender bodies and two dorsal fins. They are usually sexually dimorphic.[3] 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 urelated mullets.[4]

Pseudomugil
Pseudomugil furcatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Subfamily: Pseudomugilinae
Genus: Pseudomugil
Kner, 1866
Type species
Pseudomugil signifer
Kner, 1866
Synonyms[1]
  • Popondetta Allen, 1980
  • Popondichthys Allen, 1987

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) [5]
  • 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) [5]
  • 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)
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References
  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). Pseudomugilidae "Pseudomugilidae genera". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Pseudomugil in FishBase. June 2016 version.
  3. 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.
  4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 March 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  5. 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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