Periophthalmus
| Periophthalmus | |
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| Atlantic Mudskipper (P. barbarus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Superorder: | Acanthopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Gobioidei |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Oxudercinae |
| Genus: | Periophthalmus Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 |
| Type species | |
| Periophthalmus papilio Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 | |
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Periophthalmus is a genus of 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 18 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Periophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes, 1837 (Barred mudskipper)
- Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Atlantic mudskipper)
- Periophthalmus chrysospilos Bleeker, 1852
- Periophthalmus darwini Larson & Takita, 2004[3]
- Periophthalmus gracilis Eggert, 1935
- Periophthalmus kalolo Lesson, 1831 (Common mudskipper)
- Periophthalmus magnuspinnatus Y. J. Lee, Y. Choi & B. S. Ryu, 1995
- Periophthalmus malaccensis Eggert, 1935
- Periophthalmus minutus Eggert, 1935
- Periophthalmus modestus Cantor, 1842 (Shuttles hoppfish)
- Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis Eggert, 1935 (New Guinea mudskipper)
- Periophthalmus novemradiatus (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Pearse's mudskipper)
- Periophthalmus spilotus Murdy & Takita, 1999
- Periophthalmus takita Jaafar & Larson, 2008 (Takita's mudskipper)[4]
- Periophthalmus variabilis Eggert, 1935
- Periophthalmus walailakae Darumas & Tantichodok, 2002[5]
- Periophthalmus waltoni Koumans, 1941 (Walton's mudskipper)
- Periophthalmus weberi Eggert, 1935 (Weber's mudskipper)
References
- ↑ Neale Monks. "Mudskippers". Retrieved February 28, 2012.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Periophthalmus in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ↑ H.K. Larson & T. Takita. 2004. "Two new species of Periophthalmus (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) from northern Australia, and a re-diagnosis of Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis." The Beagle (Rec. Mus. Art Galleries N. Terr.) 20: 175-185.
- ↑ Z. Jaafar & H.K. Larson. 2008. "A New Species of Mudskipper, Periophthalmus takita (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae), from Australia, with a Key to the Genus". Zoological Science, 25: 946–952.
- ↑ U. Darumas & P. Tantichodok. 2002. "A new species of mudskipper (Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) from southern Thailand". Phuket March Biol. Center Res. Bull. 64: 101-107.
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