Biology:Paska's blue-eye

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Paska's blue-eye
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Pseudomugil
Species:
P. paskai
Binomial name
Pseudomugil paskai
G. R. Allen & Ivantsoff, 1986

Paska's blue-eye (Pseudomugil paskai) is a species of fish in the subfamily Pseudomugilinae. It is found in the Fly River system in Papua New Guinea.[2] This species reaches a length of 3.0 cm (1.2 in).[3]

Etymology

The specific name honours John Paska who was a technician with the Papua New Guinea Ministry of Fisheries.[4]

References

  1. Palmer-Newton, A. (2020). "Pseudomugil paskai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T18547A147757519. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T18547A147757519.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18547/147757519. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. Adrian R. Lappin (March 2016). "Pseudomugil paskai". Rainbowfish. ANGFA. http://rainbowfish.angfaqld.org.au/Paskai.htm. Retrieved 11 July 2019. 
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Pseudomugil paskai" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
  4. "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 14 March 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/atheriniformes2/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5501478 entry