Periophthalmus
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| Periophthalmus variabilis | |
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| Periophthalmus barbarus | |
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| Genus: | Periophthalmus Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801
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| Periophthalmus papilio Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801
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Euchoristopus Gill, 1863 | |
Periophthalmus is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae, commonly known as mudskippers native to the mangrove forests along the coasts of Africa, India and Southern Asia. All species under the genus are aggressive and territorial.[1]
Species
There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus:
- 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
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Periophthalmus in FishBase. June 2016 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.