Biology:Pseudomugil

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Pseudomugil
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Pseudomugil furcatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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]

Description

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 unrelated mullets.[4]

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)

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. Pseudomugilidae "Genera in the family Pseudomugilidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Pseudomugilidae. 
  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. "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/. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 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.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q585074 entry