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Pseudomugil

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Kingdom
  
Scientific name
  
Pseudomugil

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Pseudomugilidae

Higher classification
  
Pseudomugilidae

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Lower classifications
  
Pseudomugil furcatus, Pseudomugil gertrudae, Pseudomugil signifer, Pseudomugil paskai, Pseudomugil mellis

Australian native fighting fish honey blue eye pseudomugil mellis


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. Members of this genus have slender bodies and two dorsal fins. They are usually sexually dimorphic.

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Australian native fish honey blue eye pseudomugil mellis


Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:

Pseudomugil Pseudomugil furcatus Forktail Blueeye Popondetta furcata

  • 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)


  • Pseudomugil Pseudomugil furcatus Forktail Blueeye Popondetta furcata

    Pseudomugil Pseudomugil cyanodorsalis Neon Blueeye Seriously Fish

    Pseudomugil Pseudomugil Wikipedia

    References

    Pseudomugil Wikipedia