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Pinkeye

Trachystoma petardi (Castelnau, 1875)

Status not recordedbony fish

The pinkeye (Trachystoma petardi) is a species in the family Mugilidae, order Mugiliformes.

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Quick facts about the pinkeye

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the pinkeye live?

Not recorded

Is the pinkeye endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the pinkeye classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderMugiliformes
  5. familyMugilidae
  6. genusTrachystoma
  7. SpeciesTrachystoma petardi (Castelnau, 1875)

Synonyms Mugil breviceps, Mugil parviceps, Mugil petardi, Myxus multidens, Myxus petardi, Trachystoma multidens

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Freshwater mulletEnglish
  • Pink-eyeEnglish
  • Pinkeye mulletEnglish
  • Richmond mulletEnglish
  • River mulletEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pinkeye

Other species in the same family Mugilidae.

Pilch

Aldrichetta forsteri

MugilidaeNo free photo yet

Mullet

Chaenomugil proboscideus

MugilidaeNo free photo yet

Josea

Mugil curema

MugilidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the pinkeye?

The pinkeye (Trachystoma petardi) belongs to the family Mugilidae in the order Mugiliformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pinkeye (Trachystoma petardi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pinkeye

MLA

“Pinkeye (Trachystoma petardi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pinkeye.

BibTeX
@misc{pinkeye_2026,
  title = {Pinkeye (Trachystoma petardi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pinkeye},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}