Species Pseudomugil signifer Kner, 1866
Pacific Blue Eye, Blue Eye, Blue-eye, Pacific Blue-eye, Southern Blue-eye
- Pseudomugil signifer Kner, R. 1866. Specielles Verzeichniss der Während der Reise der Kaiserlichen Fregatte "Novara" gesammelten Fische. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 53(1): 543-550 [543] [also described in Kner, R. 1867. Fische, Dritte Abteilung. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857–1858–1859, unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllestorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil 1. Wien : Kurl Gerold's & Sohn Vol. 5 273-433 pp. 12-16 pls. [275]].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Sydney, NSW. - Atherinosoma jamesonii Macleay, W.J. 1884. Notices of new fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 9(1): 170-172 [171].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM I.16293-001, Bremer River, near Brisbane, QLD; MMUS F295, Bremer River, near Brisbane, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [385]
- 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]
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, QLD south. We recognise the two forms as distinct species with the northern form as Pseudomugil signata while the southern species remains Pseudomugil signifer.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
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 Narooma, NSW (36º15´S), also some offshore islands of QLD including Lizard Island (14º40´S), Low Isles (16º23´S) and Fraser Island (25º22´S); tropical.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Distribution References
- Cashner, R.C., Hawkes,G.P., Gartside, D.F. & Marsh-Matthews E. 1999. Fishes of the Nymboida, Mann and Orara Rivers of the Clarence River Drainage, New South Wales, Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 121: 89-100 [95]
- 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]
- Johnson, J. 1993. Fishes of the Brisbane River. Fishes of Sahul, Journal of the Australian New Guinea Fishes Association 8(1): 347-352 [350]
- Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) [311]
- 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]
Ecological Descriptors
Estuary, freshwater, inshore, mangrove, seagrass, soft bottom.
General References
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
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.
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [111]
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 [719]
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] (Blue-eye)
Lake, J.S. 1978. Australian Freshwater Fishes. Melbourne : Thomas Nelson 160 pp. 140 figs. [39] (Blue Eye)
McDowall, R.M. (ed.) 1980. Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : A.H. & A.W. Reed 208 pp., figs, 32 pls. [137] (Southern Blue-eye)
Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [155] (Pacific Blue-eye)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Pacific Blue Eye)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-Jul-2014 | ATHERINIFORMES | 05-May-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |