Species Pseudomugil mellis Allen & Ivantsoff, 1982
Honey Blue Eye, Honey Blue-eye
- Pseudomugil mellis Allen, G.R. & Ivantsoff, W. 1982. Pseudomugil mellis, le honey Blue-eye, une nouvelle espèce de poisson Arc-en-ciel (Melanotaeniidae) d'Australie orientale. Revue Française d'Aquariologie et Herpétologie 9(3): 83-86 figs 1-7 [83].
Type data:
Holotype QM I.19383, Peregian Beach, QLD.
Paratype(s) AM I.22797-001; BMNH 1982.3.12.1-5; QM I.14740; RMNH 28925; USNM 231751; ZMA 116600; WAM P.27439-003.
Introduction
The species was listed as Endangered by the IUCN in 1996. The species is listed as Vulnerable under the EPBC Act.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Upper reaches of Water Park Creek, northeast of Rockhampton (22º41'S, 150º44'E), coastal streams from southeast of Maryborough (25º40´S) to north of Caboolture (26º58´S), and Fraser Island, QLD; tropical.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Freshwater, vegetation-held water.
General References
Arthington, A.H. & Marshall, C.J. 1995. Threatened fishes of the world: Pseudomugil mellis Allen & Ivantsoff, 1982 (Pseudomugilidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 43(3): 268
Howe, E. 1987. Breeding behaviour, egg surface morphology and embryonic development in four Australian species of the genus Pseudomugil (Pisces : Melanotaeniidae). Marine and Freshwater Research 38(6): 885-895
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 [748]
Semple, G.P. 1991. Reproductive behaviour and early development of the honey blue-eye, Pseudomugil mellis Allen and Ivantsoff 1982 (Pisces : Pseudomugilidae), from the North-east Coast Divison, south-eastern Queensland, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 42(3): 277-286
Common Name References
Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. [111] (Honey Blue-eye)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Honey Blue Eye)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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21-Jul-2014 | ATHERINIFORMES | 09-Apr-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
20-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED |