Forktail 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. furcatus
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| Pseudomugil furcatus Nichols, 1955
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The forktail blue-eye (Pseudomugil furcatus) is a diminutive species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Pseudomugilinae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea, south-east of Popondetta, where it is found in rainforest streams.
It used to be placed in the genus Popondetta, and even separated as Popondichthys, but this is now considered erroneous.
References
[edit]- ^ Palmer-Newton, A. (2020). "Pseudomugil furcatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T18545A162322140. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T18545A162322140.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudomugil furcatus". FishBase. February 2019 version.
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