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Name
Scientific name
Pseudomugil signifer
Described by
Authority Kner, Year 1866
Family
Pseudomugilidae
Common names
Pacific Blue-eye
Photograph credits
All 4 credited
Summary
The Pacific blue-eye, Pseudomugil signifer, is the most widely-distributed blue-eye in Australia, found along most of the eastern coastline…
Size and aquarium
Maximum size
70mm, standard length
Aquarium size
Minimum length 60 cm, Minimum depth 30 cm
Water
Water conditions
Temperature 20–26°C, pH 6.5–7.5
Hardness
5–15dGH
Conductivity
Not recorded
Behaviour
Temperament
Not recorded
Social needs
A shoal or group
Community suitability
Community-safe
Where it lives
Countries, regions, rivers and lakes
Australia, Embley, Mission, Ross
Writing
Etymology
Pseudomugil: from the Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudes), meaning 'false, lying, untrue', used here as a prefix, and the generic name Mugil. signifer: from the Lat…
Distribution
The type series was collected in the vicinity of Sydney, New South Wales state, eastern Australia, and following current knowledge P. signifer is the most wide…
Habitat
Generally found within 15-20 km of the sea but habitat-type is extremely variable. It's been recorded in full marine conditions as well as pure freshwater envi…
Aquarium size
An aquarium with base dimensions of 60 ∗ 30 cm or equivalent should be the minimum considered in most cases, though some of the more diminutive forms may be ma…
Maintenance
Best kept in a densely-planted tank and an excellent choice for the carefully-aquascaped set-up. The addition of some floating plants and driftwood roots or br…
Water conditions
Not written yet
Diet
Feeds chiefly on floating or suspended zooplankton, phytoplankton, and invertebrates in nature, and in the aquarium must be offered items of a suitable size. I…
Behaviour and compatibility
Most forms are peaceful and suitable for well-chosen community aquaria alongside fishes of comparable size, disposition, and requirements with many cyprinids, …
Sexual dimorphism
Males are more highly-patterned, colourful, and larger than females and the unpaired fins become noticeably extended as they mature. Males of certain populatio…
Reproduction
This species is an egg-scatterer exhibiting no parental care and will often consume its own eggs and fry given the opportunity, although in a well-decorated aq…
Notes
Wild populations from Low Island, Cape York, and the Bremer River, all in Queensland, were described as P. signatus affinis (Whitley 1935), Atherinosoma jameso…
References
References
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