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]

Pseudomugil
Pseudomugil furcatus
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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

Description

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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

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There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:

References

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  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). Pseudomugilidae "Genera in the family Pseudomugilidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pseudomugil". 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. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 March 2019). "Order Atheriniformes: Families Bedotiidae, Melanotaeniidae, Pseudomugilidae, Telmatherinidae, Isonidae, Dentatherinidae and Phallostethidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  5. ^ a b 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.
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