Periophthalmus
Appearance
Periophthalmus | |
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Periophthalmus variabilis | |
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Periophthalmus barbarus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Oxudercidae |
Subfamily: | Oxudercinae |
Genus: | Periophthalmus Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 |
Type species | |
Periophthalmus papilio Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801
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Synonyms | |
Euchoristopus Gill, 1863 |
Periophthalmus is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae, 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. 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 darwini Larson & Takita, 2004 (Darwin's mudskipper)[2]
- Periophthalmus gracilis Eggert, 1935 (Graceful mudskipper)
- Periophthalmus kalolo 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)
- Periophthalmus modestus 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
- Periophthalmus takita Jaafar & 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)
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.
- ^ Polgar, G., Zane, L., Babbucci, M., Barbisan, F., Patarnello, T., Rüber, L. & Papetti, C. (2014): Phylogeography and demographic history of two widespread Indo-Pacific mudskippers (Gobiidae: Periophthalmus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 73: 161–176.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jaafar, Z. & Larson, H.K. (2008): A New Species of Mudskipper, Periophthalmus takita (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae), from Australia, with a Key to the Genus. Zoological Science, 25 (9): 946–952.
- ^ 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.