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Pseudomugil signifer (Blue eye; Island blue-eye; Northern blue eye; Pacific blue eye; Pacific blue-eye; Southern blue-eye; Australian blue-eye)

Synonyms: Atherina signata; Atherinosoma jamesonii; Pseudomugil signafer; Pseudomugil signata
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Wikipedia Abstract

Pseudomugil signifer, the Pacific blue-eye, is a species of fish in the family Pseudomugilidae. It is a common fish of rivers and estuaries of eastern Australia, where it forms loose schools of hundreds to thousands of individuals. It eats water-borne insects, as well as flying insects that land on the water surface, foraging for them by sight. A small silvery fish averaging around 3–3.5 cm (1 1⁄8–1 3⁄8 in) in total length, it is recognisable by its blue eye ring and two dorsal fins. It adapts readily to captivity.
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Infraspecies

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ramsar Site   Queensland, Australia

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Clinostomum australiense[1]
Prototransversotrema steeri[1]
Recurvatus signiferi[2]
Stegodexamene callista[1]
Trichodina heterodentata[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
2Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0