Common mudskipper
| Common mudskipper | |
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| Common mudskipper on Praslin, Seychelles | |
| 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 | |
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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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Periophthalmus kalolo" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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