Pseudomugil luminatus

Taxonavigation: Atherinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Atheriniformes Subordo: Atherinoidei

Familia: Pseudomugilidae
Genus: Pseudomugil
Species: Pseudomugil luminatus

Name

Pseudomugil luminatus Allen et al., 2016

• Holotype: MZB 23010.
• Paratypes: MZB 23009 (39), 23011 (13); USNM 432495 (38); WAM P.31258–007 (20), P.31298–001 (4), P.31257-002.

Type locality: sago swamp on northern side of Cross Levee Road, 4° 40.669'S, 136° 57.046'E, Mimika District, vicinity of Timika, Papua Province, Indonesia.

Etymology: named luminatus (Latin: light up) with reference to the bright colours exhibited by adult males.

Vernacular names

English: Red Neon Blue-eye

References

• Allen, G.R., Unmack, P.J. & Hadiaty, R.K. 2016. Pseudomugil luminatus, a new species of Blue-eye (Teleostei: Pseudomugilidae) from southern New Guinea, with notes on P. gertrudae. Fishes of Sahul 30(1): 950–961. Reference page.