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The Pacific blue-eye (Pseudomugil signifer) is a species of fish in the subfamily Pseudomugilinae

native to eastern Australia. Described by Austrian naturalist Rudolf Kner in 1866, it comprises two
subspecies that have been regarded as separate species in the past and may be once again with
further study. It is a common fish of rivers and estuaries along the eastern seaboard from Cape York
in north Queensland to southern New South Wales. The ranges of the two subspecies are divided by
the Burdekin Gap in central-north Queensland. A small silvery fish averaging around 3–3.5 cm (1
1⁄8–1 3⁄8 in) in total length, the Pacific blue-eye is recognisable by its blue eye ring and two dorsal
fins. It forms loose schools of tens to thousands of individuals. It eats water-borne insects as well as
flying insects that land on the water's surface, foraging for them by sight. The Pacific blue-eye adapts
readily to captivity.

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