Paska's blue-eye (Pseudomugil paskai) is a species of fish in the subfamily Pseudomugilinae. It is found in the Fly River system in Papua New Guinea.[2] This species reaches a length of 3.0 cm (1.2 in).[3]
| Paska's blue-eye | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Pseudomugil |
| Species: | P. paskai
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudomugil paskai G. R. Allen & Ivantsoff, 1986
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Etymology edit
The specific name honours John Paska who was a technician with the Papua New Guinea Ministry of Fisheries.[4]
References edit
- ^ Palmer-Newton, A. (2020). "Pseudomugil paskai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T18547A147757519. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T18547A147757519.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Adrian R. Lappin (March 2016). "Pseudomugil paskai". Rainbowfish. ANGFA. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Pseudomugil paskai" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 March 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
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