Shuttles hoppfish

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Shuttles hoppfish
Periophthalmus modestus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Superorder: Acanthopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Gobioidei
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Oxudercinae
Genus: Periophthalmus
Species: P. modestus
Binomial name
Periophthalmus modestus
Cantor, 1842
Synonyms
  • Apocryptes cantonensis Osbeck, 1757
  • Cyprinus cantonensis (not of Osbeck, 1765)
  • Gobius niger (non Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Pariophthalmus cantonensis (not of Osbeck, 1765)
  • Periophthalmus cantonensis (not of Osbeck, 1765)

Shuttles hoppfish, Periophthalmus modestus, is a species of mudskippers. In is widespread in the Northwest Pacific from Vietnam, northward to Korea and southern Japan. Subtropical mangrove fish.

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