Pseudomugil paludicola

A translucent body with a silvery head and belly and yellowish pelvic fins.

A translucent body with a silvery head and belly and yellowish pelvic fins. The dorsal fins sit far back, and males have longer dorsal fins than females.

Adult length

Up to 3.5 cm

Water temperature

26–30 °C

pH

7–8

Native range

Oceania: swamps lands of the lower Binaturi, Pahoturi, and More-head rivers of south-western Papua New Guinea, possibly ranging westward to the Vogelkop Peninsula in Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

Natural habitat

Inhabits swamps and rivers.