Species Pseudomugil inconspicuus Roberts, 1978

CAAB: 37245018

Inconspicuous Blue Eye, Inconspicuous Blue-eye

Pseudomugil inconspicuus Roberts, T.R. 1978. An ichthyological survey of the Fly River in Papua New Guinea with descriptions of new species. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 281: 1-72 figs 1-39 [53].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.21483-003 (formerly USNM 217162), tributary of Fly River, Papua New Guinea.
Paratype(s) AMNH 48634; AM I.21483-001; BMNH 1980.4.30.7-9; CAS 45745; KFRS 511.01; RMNH 28209; USNM 217163; ZMA 114436
Comment: holotype and paratypes all published as USNM, holotype and some paratypes subsequently distributed.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Area around Darwin (130º50´E) and near the mouth of the Roper River (135º20'E), NT; tropical, New Guinea.

IBRA

NT: Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, inshore, mangrove.

General References

Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. [111]

Allen, G.R. 1991. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of New Guinea. Madang : Christensen Research Institute 268 pp. [Publication No. 9 of the Christensen Research Institute] [100]

Allen, G.R., Hortle, K.G. & Renyaan, S.J. 2000. Freshwater fishes of the Timika region, New Guinea. Timinka, Indonesia : P.T. Freeport Indonesia 175 pp. [80]

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [171]

Allen, G.R., Storey, A.W. & Yarrao, M. 2008. Freshwater Fishes of the Fly River Papua New Guinea. Tabubil, Papua New Guinea : Ok Tedi Mining 216 pp. [101]

Allen, G.R. & Cross, N.J. 1982. Rainbowfishes of Australia and Papua-New Guinea. New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 142 pp. figs. [128]

Ivantsoff, W. 1999. Pseudomugilidae. pp. 2109-2112 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2111]

Saeed, B., Ivantsoff, W. & Allen, G.R. 1989. Taxonomic revision of the family Pseudomugilidae (Order Atheriniformes). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 40: 719-787 [762]

Common Name References

Ivantsoff, W. 1999. Pseudomugilidae. pp. 2109-2112 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 4 pp. 2069-2790. [2111] (FAO) (Inconspicuous Blue-eye)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Inconspicuous Blue Eye)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Jul-2014	ATHERINIFORMES	09-Apr-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
		12-Feb-2010	(import)