Blueback blue-eye (Pseudomugil cyanodorsalis) fish species and information / pictures of Blueback blue-eye - Pseudomugil cyanodorsalis

Blueback blue-eye (Pseudomugil cyanodorsalis) fish species information

Scientific Name
Pseudomugil cyanodorsalis

Common Name
Blueback blue-eye

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 3 - 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 4-7; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 9 - 13. Premaxilla wide, its ascending process short and lateral process absent. Vomer wide and slightly curved. Mesethmoid absent. Second dorsal fin with no spines and 4-7 soft rays. Pectoral fins with no spines. Midlateral scales 22-26. Elongated rays and base of second dorsal fin black.

Classification

Classified By

Allen & Sarti, 1983

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Silversides (Atheriniformes)

Family

Blue eyes (Pseudomugilidae)

Distribution

Region

Western Pacific

Distribution

Western Pacific: northern Australia, near Broome and between Darwin and Wyndham, Northern Territory.

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Tropical

Water Temperature From

22 °C

Water Temperature To

31 °C

Depth From - meters

Unknown m

Depth To - meters

Unknown m

Zone

pelagic-neritic

Environment

Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic

Trophic Level

3.17 s.e. 0.41 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

True

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

True

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

3.5 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: potential

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (10 of 100)

Resilience

Unknown

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated