Shuttles hoppfish

Shuttles hoppfish
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. modestus
Binomial name
Periophthalmus modestus
Cantor, 1842
Synonyms
  • Apocryptes cantonensis Osbeck, 1757

Periophthalmus modestus, the shuttles hoppfish, is a species of mudskippers native to fresh, marine and brackish waters of the northwestern Pacific Ocean from Vietnam to Korea and Japan. This species occurs in muddy estuaries, tidal flats and swamps and marshes and is capable of remaining out of the water for up to 60 hours so long as it is kept moist. This species can reach a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade and is also used in traditional Chinese medicine.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Periophthalmus modestus" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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