Pseudomugil tenellusDelicate Blue-eye
Pseudomugilidae · Taylor, 1964
Max length
55mm SL2.2in SL
The delicate blue-eye, Pseudomugil tenellus, is a euryhaline blue-eye with a patchy but wide range in coastal northern Australia. Sometimes called the 'Arnhem Land blue-eye', it is most easily identified by the midlateral scale row, a series of pale spots with darker spaces between that become more conspicuous with age. It is particularly common in densely-vegetated swamps, billabongs and slow-moving streams, and also occurs on the Aru Islands and in southern Papua New Guinea.