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Pseudomugilinae
Subfamily of fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the fish family known as blue-eyes. For other uses, see blue eyes (disambiguation).
The Pseudomugilidae, the blue-eyes, are a subfamily of atheriniform fish in the rainbowfish family Melanotaeniidae.[1] They inhabit fresh and brackish water in Australia, New Guinea and nearby smaller islands.[2] 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.[3]
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Blue-eyes | |
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Forktail blue-eye (Pseudomugil furcatus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
Subfamily: | Pseudomugilinae Kner, 1865 |
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