Killifish, Rainbowfish, and Medaka
Blue-back Blue-eye
Pseudomugil cyanodorsalis
Photo: Andrewbogott · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature22–30 °C
- pH7–8.5
- Minimum tank40 l
- Adult size3.5 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 8 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Pseudomugilidae
- Origin
- Northern Australia (mangroves)
- Size
- 3.5 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 30°C
- pH
- 7.0 – 8.5
- GH
- 8 – 20 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater (tolerates brackish water)
- Swimming level
- higher
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 8
- Minimum aquarium size
- 40 L
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Males have a bright blue back. It lives in freshwater and brackish water in mangrove swamps.
