The Blue-eyes are the family of atheriniform

Atheriniformes

Atheriniformes, also known as the silversides, is an order of ray-finned fish that includes the Old World silversides and several less-familiar families, including the unusual Phallostethidae...

 fish, the Pseudomugilidae, related to the rainbowfish

Rainbowfish

The rainbowfish are a family of small, colourful, freshwater fish that are found in northern and eastern Australia and New Guinea and in the Southeast Asian islands....

es. They inhabit fresh and brackish water in Australia and New Guinea. Blue-eyes are small fish, typically no more than 5 centimetres (2 in) in length. Like rainbowfish, they spawn all year round, and attach their eggs to vegetation.

Classification

The family contains fifteen species, grouped into three genera:

Family: Pseudomugilidae

• Genus: Kiunga
  • Kiunga ballochi - Glass blue-eye
  • Kiunga bleheri
• Genus: Popondichthys
  • Popondichthys furcatus syn. Pseudomugil furcatus - Forktail blue-eye
• Genus: Pseudomugil
  Pseudomugil
  Pseudomugil is a genus of small fish in the Pseudomugilidae family, that are endemic to Australia and New Guinea.It contains 15 scientifically described and some undescribed species.* Popondetta blue-eye...
  
  
  • Pseudomugil connieae - Popondetta blue-eye
  • Pseudomugil cyanodorsalis - Blueback blue-eye
  • Pseudomugil gertrudae - Spotted blue-eye
  • Pseudomugil inconspicuus - Inconspicuous blue-eye
  • Pseudomugil ivantsoffi
  • Pseudomugil majusculus  - Cape blue-eye
  • Pseudomugil mellis - Honey blue-eye
  • Pseudomugil novaeguineae - New Guinea blue-eye
  • Pseudomugil paludicola - Swamp blue-eye
  • Pseudomugil paskai - Paska's blue-eye
  • Pseudomugil pellucidus
  • Pseudomugil reticulatus - Vogelkop blue-eye
  • Pseudomugil signifer - Pacific blue-eye
  • Pseudomugil tenellus
• Genus: Scaturiginichthys
  • Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis - Red-finned blue-eye