Common mudskipper

Common mudskipper
	Common mudskipper on Praslin, Seychelles
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Superclass:	Osteichthyes
Class:	Actinopterygii
Superorder:	Acanthopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Gobioidei
Family:	Gobiidae
Subfamily:	Oxudercinae
Genus:	Periophthalmus
Species:	P. kalolo
Binomial name
	Periophthalmus kalolo; Lesson, 1831
Synonyms
	Periophthalmus africanus Eggert, 1935; Periophthalmus koelreuteri africanus Eggert, 1935;

Periophthalmus kalolo, the common mudskipper, is a species of mudskippers native to marine and brackish waters of the Indo-Pacific from eastern Africa to Samoa. This species can be found in mangrove forests where it spends most of its time out of the water. This species can reach a length of 14.1 centimetres (5.6 in) SL.^[1]

References

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Periophthalmus kalolo" in FishBase. June 2013 version.

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[1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Periophthalmus kalolo" in FishBase. June 2013 version.

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