Pseudomugil signifer Kner, 1866
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pseudomugil signifer Kner, 1866
- Name authority
- Kner, 1866
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Atheriniformes
- Family
- Pseudomugilidae
- Genus
- Pseudomugil
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderAtheriniformes
- suborderAtherinoidei
- familyPseudomugilidae Kner, 1867
- genusPseudomugil Kner, 1866
- speciesPseudomugil signifer Kner, 1866
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pseudomugil. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Pseudomugil cyanodorsalis Allen & Sarti, 1983 | PseudomugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudomugil furcatus Nichols, 1955 | PseudomugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudomugil gertrudae Weber, 1911 | PseudomugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudomugil inconspicuus Roberts, 1978 | PseudomugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudomugil reticulatus Allen & Ivantsoff, 1986 | PseudomugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudomugil paskai Allen & Ivantsoff, 1986 | PseudomugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudomugil connieae (Allen, 1981) | PseudomugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudomugil luminatus Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016 | PseudomugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudomugil ivantsoffi Allen & Renyaan, 1999 | PseudomugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudomugil majusculus Ivantsoff & Allen, 1984 | PseudomugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudomugil mellis Allen & Ivantsoff, 1982 | PseudomugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudomugil novaeguineae Weber, 1907 | PseudomugilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Pseudomugil signafer Kner, 1866 Kner, 1866 | synonym |
| Atherina signata Günther, 1867 Günther, 1867 | synonym |
| Atherinosoma jamesonii MacLeay, 1884 MacLeay, 1884 | synonym |
| Pseudomugil signata (Günther, 1867) (Günther, 1867) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Kner, R. (1866). Specielles Verzeichniss der während der Reise der kaiserlichen Fregatte “Novara” gesammelten Fische. III. und Schlussabtheilung. Sitzungsberichte Der Kaiserlichen Akademie Der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, v. 53: 543–550. [Also as a separate, pp. 1–8.]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4P48G. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.