Biology:Pseudomugilinae

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Short description: Subfamily of fishes

Blue-eyes
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Forktail blue-eye (Pseudomugil furcatus)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Subfamily: Pseudomugilinae
Kner, 1865
Genera

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The Pseudomugilidae, the blue-eyes, are a subfamily of atheriniform fish in the rainbowfish family Melanotaeniidae.[1] They inhabit fresh and brackish water in Australia, New Guinea and nearby smaller islands.[2] Blue-eyes are small fish, typically no more than 5 cm (2.0 in) in length. Like the larger Melanotaeniid rainbowfish, they spawn all year round, and attach their eggs to vegetation.[3]

Genera

There are three general in the Pseudomugilinae:[2]

  • Kiunga G. R. Allen, 1983
  • Pseudomugil Kner, 1866
  • Scaturiginichthys Ivantsoff, Unmack, Saeed & Crowley, 1991

References

  1. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 358–363. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2019). "Pseudomugilidae" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
  3. Allen, Gerald R. (1998). Paxton, J.R.. ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 156. ISBN 0-12-547665-5. 

Wikidata ☰ Q882360 entry