Boleophthalmus
Sign in to saveBoleophthalmus is a genus of mudskippers native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
ムツゴロウ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyGobiidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 93
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Collections
- CMN, CAS, USNM, NHMUK, AM, UMMZ
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Z.W. Nw. Guinea, Iran, Thailand, Pakistan, India, China, Vietnam
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- mudskipper
- Image
- Mutsugoroh0809.jpg
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- taxon name
- Boleophthalmus
- topic's main category
- Category:Boleophthalmus
- taxonomic type
- Boleophthalmus boddarti
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Boleophthalmus is a genus of mudskippers native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
==Species== There are currently six recognized species in this genus: B. birdsongi Murdy, 1989 (Birdsong's goggle-eyed goby) B. boddarti (Pallas, 1770) (Boddart's goggle-eyed goby) B. caeruleomaculatus McCulloch & Waite, 1918 (Bluespotted mudskipper) B. dussumieri Valenciennes, 1837 (Dussumier's mudskipper) B. pectinirostris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Great blue spotted mudskipper) B. poti Polgar, Jaafar & Konstantinidis, 2013
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