Species Pseudomugil tenellus Taylor, 1964
Delicate Blue Eye, Arnhem Land Blue-eye, Delicate Blue-eye
- Pseudomugil tenellus Taylor, W.R. 1964. Fishes of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land 4: 44-307 figs 1-68 [132].
Type data:
Holotype AM IB.5237, Arnhem Land, NT.
Paratype(s) AMNH 39142; AM IB.7308; UMMZ 203852; USNM 174252; USNM 174253; USNM 174254; USNM 174255.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Two disjunct populations, Daly River (130º37´E) to East Alligator River system (133º03´E), NT, and Edward River (14º52'S), QLD; tropical, New Guinea.
IBRA
NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Distribution References
- Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293 [62]
- 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 [754] (comments on record from Edward River)
Ecological Descriptors
Freshwater.
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
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 [751]
Common Name References
Larson, H.K. & Martin, K.C. 1990. Freshwater Fishes of the Northern Territory. Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences Handbook Series Number 1. Darwin : Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 102 pp. 73 figs. [31] (Arnhem Land 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. [157] (Delicate Blue-eye)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Delicate Blue Eye)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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21-Jul-2014 | ATHERINIFORMES | 08-Apr-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |