Vogelkop blue-eye (Pseudomugil reticulatus)

Scientific name: Pseudomugil reticulatus Allen & Ivantsoff, 1986

Vogelkop blue-eye (Pseudomugil reticulatus)

The Vogelkop blue-eye (Pseudomugil reticulatus) is a freshwater fish of the family Pseudomugilidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines: 3; Dorsal soft rays: 9; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Pseudomugil reticulatus
Family
Pseudomugilidae (Blue eyes)
Order
Atheriniformes (Silversides)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
2.8
Environment
Freshwater; pelagic
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Asia: known only from a single specimen collected from a rainforest stream, about 2 km east of Ajamaru Village in the middle of the Vogelkop Peninsula, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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