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New Guinea mudskipper

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New Guinea mudskipper
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Actinopterygii
Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Suborder:
Gobioidei
Family:
Gobiidae
Subfamily:
Oxudercinae
Genus:
Periophthalmus
Species:
P. novaeguineaensis
Binomial name
Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis
Eggert, 1935
Synonyms
  • Periophthalmus cantonensis novaeguineaensis Eggert, 1935
  • Periophthalmus expeditionium Whitley, 1953
  • Periophthalmus murdyi Larson & Takita, 2004

Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis, the New Guinea mudskipper, is a species of mudskippers native to fresh and brackish waters along the coasts of Australia and Indonesia. This species occurs in estuaries and tidal creeks as well as mangrove forests and nipa palm stands This species can reach a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) SL.[1]

References

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