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Pseudomugil

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Pseudomugil is a genus of fish in the family Pseudomugilidae endemic to Australia and New Guinea, where they are found in freshwater rivers and streams and bodies of brackish water.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderAtheriniformes
  5. FamilyPseudomugilidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded3,212

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
152
Family
Pseudomugilidae
Collections
NMV, TU, WAM, AM, SAMA
Recorded in
Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Pseudomugilidae
Image
Pseudomugil furcatus m Aquarium DG.jpg
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Commons category
Pseudomugil
topic's main category
Category:Pseudomugil
taxon name
Pseudomugil
taxon rank
genus
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Species
  • See also
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Pseudomugil is a genus of fish in the family Pseudomugilidae endemic to Australia and New Guinea, where they are found in freshwater rivers and streams and bodies of brackish water.

==Description== Members of this genus have slender bodies and two dorsal fins. They are usually sexually dimorphic. The name of this genus is a combination of pseudo meaning "false" and mugil meaning "mullet", referring to the resemblance of the body shape of this genus to that of the unrelated mullets.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pseudomugil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.