Pseudomugilidae
Subfamily of fishes
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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]
| Blue-eyes | |
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| Forktail blue-eye (Pseudomugil furcatus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Suborder: | Atherinoidei |
| Family: | Pseudomugilidae Kner, 1865 |
| Genera | |
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Genera
There are three general in the Pseudomugilinae:[3]
- Kiunga G. R. Allen, 1983
- Pseudomugil Kner, 1866
- Scaturiginichthys Ivantsoff, Unmack, Saeed & Crowley, 1991