Periophthalmodon
| Periophthalmodon | |
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| Giant mudskipper (P. schlosseri) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Gobioidei |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Oxudercinae |
| Genus: | Periophthalmodon Bleeker, 1874 |
| Type species | |
| Gobius schlosseri Pallas, 1770 | |
Periophthalmodon is a genus of mudskippers found along muddy shores, estuaries and lower reaches of rivers in Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.[1]
Species
There are currently three species in the genus:[1]
- Periophthalmodon freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Pug-headed mudskipper)
- Periophthalmodon schlosseri (Pallas, 1770) (Giant mudskipper)
- Periophthalmodon septemradiatus (F. Hamilton, 1822)
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Periophthalmodon in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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