Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The forktail blue-eye (Pseudomugil furcatus) is a diminutive species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Pseudomugilinae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea, south-east of Popondetta, where it is found in rainforest streams. It used to be placed in the genus Popondetta, and even separated as Popondichthys, but this is now considered erroneous.
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.
Pseudomugil ivantsoffi is a species of blue-eye from the subfamily Pseudomugilinae, part of the rainbowfish family Melanotaeniidae.It is endemic to Western Papua in Indonesia. [2]
Members of this genus have slender bodies and two dorsal fins.They are usually sexually dimorphic. [3] The name of this genus is a combination of pseudo meaning "false" and mugil meaning "mullet", referring to the resemblance of the body shape of this genus to that of the unrelated mullets.
FishBase 2004: a global information system on fishes. DVD. WorldFish Center - Philippine Office, Los Banos, Philippines. Published in May 2004. Catalog of Fishes database, 13 March 2009 version
Rosy rainbowfish (Glossolepis multisquamata) ... Forktail blue-eye (Pseudomugil furcatus) Cape blue-eye (Pseudomugil majusculus) Telmatherina bonti; Toothcarps.
Forktail blue-eye; G. Glass blue-eye; K. Kailola's hardyhead; Kiunga (fish) Kokoda glass perchlet; ... Spotted blue-eye; Spotted rainbowfish; Strickland rainbowfish ...
Rainbowfish usually eat floating flakes in captivity, because in the wild they will often eat insects floating on the surface. In a home setting, these fish need well-oxygenated water with a pH level of 6.8 – 7.2, optimal temperatures varying between 72 and 82 °F (22–28 °C), and plenty of aquatic plants to give them hiding places amid ...