Scientific Name
Pseudomugil majusculus

Common Name
Cape blue-eye

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 4 - 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-9; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 13. Gill rakers in first lower, 14-15, gill arch less than half the diameter of pupil but longer than in other species of this genus.

Classification

Classified By

Ivantsoff & Allen, 1984

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Silversides (Atheriniformes)

Family

Blue eyes (Pseudomugilidae)

Distribution

Region

Western Central Pacific

Distribution

Western Central Pacific: Cape Ward Hunt, eastern Papua New Guinea and from Fergusson Island in the D'Entrecasteaux Group. Easily misidentified for Pseudomugil signifer (Ref. 9786).

Range

7°S - 8°S

Environment

Climate

Tropical

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

0 m

Depth To - meters

2 m

Zone

pelagic

Environment

Brackish; pelagic; depth range 0 - 2 m

Trophic Level

3.28 s.e. 0.43 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

False

Occurs in Brackish water

True

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

5.0 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

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (10 of 100)

Resilience

Unknown

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Lower Risk: least concern (LR/lc)