Species Pseudomugil signatus (Günther, 1867)
Blue-eye, Island Blue-eye, Northern Blue Eye, Northern Blue-eye
- Atherina signata Günther, A. 1867. Additions to the knowledge of Australian reptiles and fishes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 20(8): 45-68 [64].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1867.5.13.18 (figured in Whitley, G.P. 1935. Studies in Ichthyology No. 9. Record of the Australian Museum 19(4): 215–250 figs 1–11 pl. 18 [fig. 6]), Cape York, Queensland. - Pseudomugil signatus affinis Whitley, G.P. 1935. Studies in Ichthyology No. 9. Records of the Australian Museum 19(4): 215-250 figs 1-11 pl. 18 [228].
Type data:
Holotype AM IA.4340, Low Isles, Queensland.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [742] (in part; considered all a junior synonym of Pseugomugil signifer, synonymy here based on type localities in relation to work by Wong et al. (2004))
Generic Combinations
- Pseudomugil affinis (Whitley, 1935). —
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [98] - Pseudomugil signatus (Günther, 1867). —
Whitley, G.P. 1932. Fishes. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4(9): 267-316 figs 1-5 pls 1-4 [278]
Introduction
Recent molecular work by Wong et al. 2004 recognised two distinct populations which suggested that Pseudomugil signifer may represent two species, a northern species from the Ross River, QLD north, and a southern species from the Don River, Ross south. We recognise here the two populations as distinct species. Considerable geographic variation occurs in both species (Allen et al. 2002). Previously Hadfield et al. (1979) recognised 14 separate populations, treating all as Pseudomugil signifer.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Streams and estuaries from Weipa, Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD (141º53´E) to Torres Strait Islands (9º57'S) and then down east coast to Burdekin River, near Townsville, QLD, tropical
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Hitchcock, G., Finn, M.A., Burrows, D.W., & Johnson, J.W. 2012. Fishes from fresh and brackish waters of islands in Torres Strait, far north Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 56(1): 14-24 [18]
- Martin, K.C. & Barclay, S. 2013. New distribution records for the Cairns rainbowfish Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides (Melanotaeniidae): implications for conservation of a restricted northern population. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology [formerly Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology] 19(3): 155-164 [160]
- Pusey, B.J., Kennard, M.J. & Bird, J. 2000. Fishes of the dune fields of Cape Flattery, northern Queensland and other dune systems in north-eastern Australia. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwater 11(1): 65-74 [72] (as Pseudomugil signifer)
- Unmack, P.J. 2001. Biogeography of Australian freshwater fishes. Journal of Biogeography 28: 1053-1089 [1062] (as Pseudomugil signifer, in part)
Ecological Descriptors
Estuary, freshwater.
General References
Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. (as Pseudomugil signifer, in part)
Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [168] (as Pseudomugil signifer, in part)
Allen, G.R. & Cross, N.J. 1982. Rainbowfishes of Australia and Papua-New Guinea. New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 142 pp. figs. [129] (as Pseudomugil signifer, in part)
Hadfield, A.J., Ivantsoff, V. & Johnston, P.G. 1979. Clinal variation in electrophoretic and morphological characters between two nominal species of the genus Pseudomugil (Pisces: Atheriniformes: Pseudomugilidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 30: 375-386 figs 1-4 (as Pseudomugil signifer, in part)
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 (as Pseudomugil signifer)
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. (as Pseudomugil signifer, in part)
Lake, J.S. 1971. Freshwater Fishes and Rivers of Australia. Melbourne : Nelson 61 pp. [28] (as Pseudomugil signatus)
Lake, J.S. 1978. Australian Freshwater Fishes. Melbourne : Thomas Nelson 160 pp. 140 figs. [39] (Pseudomugil signifer, in part)
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [111] (as Pseudomugil signifer, in part)
Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [155] (as Pseudomugil signifer, in part)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [98] (672, as, Pseudomugil signatus)
Wong, B.B.M., Keogh, J.S. & Glashan, D.J.M. 2004. Current and historical patterns of drainage connectivity in eastern Australia inferred from population genetic structuring in a widespread freshwater fish Pseudomugil signifier (Pseudomugilidae). Molecular Ecology 13: 391–401
Common Name References
Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [808] (Pseudomugil signifer, in part) (Blue-eye)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [98] (673, as Pseudomugil affinis) (Island Blue-eye)
Whitley, G.P. 1960. Fresh water fishes of Australia. 17. Finchat March: 4-8, 11 [6] (Northern Blue Eye, Northern Blue-eye)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATHERINIFORMES | 05-May-2014 | ADDED | Dr Doug Hoese |