2017-11-26 Amazonas

AMAZONAS

In 2015, we discovered Pseudomugil ivantsoffi and

Pseudomugil sp. “Mimika” in a blackwater swamp

in this forest. The forest has since been clearcut,

destroying the biotope.

Pseudomugil sp. “Mimika”

H.-G. EVERS

of the body there was a narrow neon blue longitudinal

stripe, and the first dorsal fin was red—the only orna-

mentation on an otherwise transparent fish. In Feb-

ruary 2017, I tried to find more specimens of this new

species, which I named Pseudomugil sp. “Mimika,” but

the rainforest has been decimated to make way for

palm trees and the habitat has been destroyed.

Acknowledgments

I especially thank Jeffrey Christian (Maju Aquarium, Cib-

inong) for his support, and travel companions and friends

Mikael Hakånson, Neil Woodward, and Andreas Wagnitz

for the courage they showed in joining my mad quest. I would

like to thank Dr. Gerry Allen for his wealth of knowledge

and advice. Finally, I want to thank Eko—without him we

never could have found the fishes we collected in Timika.

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luminatus, a new species of Blue-eye (Teleostei: Pseudomugilidae) from

southern New Guinea, with notes on P. gertrudae. Fish Sahul 30 (1):

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Evers, H.-G. 2012. Erfahrungen mit dem Kopi-Blauauge Pseudomugil

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