Periophthalmodon
Appearance
Periophthalmodon | |
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Giant mudskipper (P. schlosseri) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Oxudercidae |
Subfamily: | Oxudercinae |
Genus: | Periophthalmodon Bleeker, 1874 |
Type species | |
Gobius schlosseri Pallas, 1770
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Periophthalmodon is a genus of mudskippers found along muddy shores, estuaries and lower reaches of rivers in Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.[1]
Species
There are currently three species in the genus:[1]
- Periophthalmodon freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Pug-headed mudskipper)
- Periophthalmodon schlosseri (Pallas, 1770) (Giant mudskipper)
- Periophthalmodon septemradiatus (F. Hamilton, 1822)
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Periophthalmodon". FishBase. June 2013 version.