Pseudomugilidae

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Blue-eyes
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Forktail blue-eye (Pseudomugil furcatus)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Suborder: Atherinoidei
Family: Pseudomugilidae
Kner, 1865
Genera

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The Pseudomugilidae, the blue-eyes, are a family of atheriniform fish. [1] They have variously been treated as either a family of their own or as a subfamily of the Melanotaeniidae. [2] They inhabit fresh and brackish water in Australia, New Guinea and nearby smaller islands. [3] 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. [4]

Genera

There are three general in the Pseudomugilinae: [3]

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Pseudomugilidae". FishBase . February 2019 version.
  4. ↑ Allen, Gerald R. (1998). Paxton, J.R.; Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 156. ISBN   0-12-547665-5.
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