Periophthalmus
| Periophthalmus | |
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| Periophthalmus variabilis | |
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| Periophthalmus barbarus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Subfamily: | Oxudercinae
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| Genus: | Periophthalmus J. G. Schneider , 1801
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| Type species | |
Periophthalmus papilio Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801
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| Synonyms | |
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Euchoristopus Gill, 1863 | |
Periophthalmus is a genus of fish in the family Oxudercidae, native to coastal mangrove wood and shrubland in the Indo-Pacific region, except for P. barbarus from the Atlantic coast of Africa. It is one of the genera commonly known as mudskippers. Periophthalmus fishes are remarkable for being able to live, temporarily, in open air where they feed on insects and small invertebrates; out of water they have limited motion abilities, such as jumping. All Periophthalmus species are aggressive and territorial.[1]
Species
There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus[1]
- Periophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes, 1837 (Barred mudskipper)
- Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Atlantic mudskipper)
- Periophthalmus chrysospilos Bleeker, 1852
- Periophthalmus gracilis Eggert, 1935 (Graceful mudskipper)
- Lesson, 1831 (Common mudskipper)[3]
- Periophthalmus magnuspinnatus Y. J. Lee, Y. Choi & B. S. Ryu, 1995
- Periophthalmus malaccensis Eggert, 1935
- Periophthalmus minutus Eggert, 1935 (Minute mudskipper)
- Cantor, 1842 (Shuttles mudskipper)
- Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis Eggert, 1935 (New Guinea mudskipper)
- Periophthalmus novemradiatus (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Pearse's mudskipper)
- Periophthalmus pusing Jaafar, Polgar & Zamroni, 2016[4]
- Periophthalmus spilotus Murdy & Takita, 1999
- Larson, 2008 (Takita's mudskipper)[5]
- Periophthalmus variabilis Eggert, 1935
- Periophthalmus walailakae Darumas & Tantichodok, 2002[6]
- Periophthalmus waltoni Koumans, 1941 (Walton's mudskipper)
- Periophthalmus weberi Eggert, 1935 (Weber's mudskipper)
Periophthalmus waltoni from United Arab Emirates
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Periophthalmus in FishBase. March 2019 version.
- ^ Larson, H.K. & Takita, T. (2004): Two New Species of Periophthalmus (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) from Northern Australia, and a re-diagnosis of Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis. The Beagle: Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, 20: 175-185.
- PMID 24486991.
- ^ Jaafar, Z., Polgar, G. & Zamroni, Y. (2016): Description of a new species of Periophthalmus (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Lesser Sunda Islands. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 64: 278–283.
- S2CID 10659541.
- ^ Darumas, U. & Tantichodok, P. (2002): A new species of mudskipper (Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) from southern Thailand. Phuket Marine Biology Center, Research Bulletin No. 64: 101–107.