Periophthalmus
| Periophthalmus | |
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| Periophthalmus argentilineatus | |
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| Periophthalmus barbarus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Oxudercinae |
| Genus: | Periophthalmus Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 |
| Type species | |
| Periophthalmus papilio Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Euchoristopus Gill, 1863 | |
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:
- 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 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
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). Species of Periophthalmus in FishBase. January 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. & 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.
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