Swamp blue-eye

Pseudomugil paludicola

Fish Reaching Three Point Five Centimeters in Australian Waters

Blue
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Oceania
Southeast Asia
Small
Tropical fish

The swamp blue-eye (Pseudomugil paludicola) is a species of fish in the subfamily Pseudomugilinae. It is found on the island of New Guinea, in southwestern Papua New Guinea and West Papua, Indonesia and Australia Cape York Peninsula mangroves creeks of the Mission river. This species reaches a length of 3.5 cm (1.4 in).

Class: Teleosts
Order: Silversides
Family: Pseudomugilidae
Genus: Pseudomugil
Maximum length: 3.5 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: Oceania: swamps lands of the lower Binaturi, Pahoturi, and More-head rivers of south-western Papua New Guinea, possibly ranging westward to the Vogelkop Peninsula in Irian Jaya, Indonesia.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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