Paska's blue-eye

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.[3] The specific name honours John Paska who was a technician with the Papua New Guinea Ministry of Fisheries.[4]

Paska's blue-eye
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Pseudomugil
Species:
P. paskai
Binomial name
Pseudomugil paskai
G. R. Allen & Ivantsoff, 1986[2]

References

  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Pseudomugil paskai" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
  3. Adrian R. Lappin (March 2016). "Pseudomugil paskai". Rainbowfish. ANGFA. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  4. 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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