Periophthalmodon
Sign in to savePeriophthalmodon is a genus of fish in the family Oxudercidae. It is one of the genera commonly known as mudskippers, found along muddy shores, estuaries and lower reaches of rivers in Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyGobiidae
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- Specimen records
- 8
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Collections
- USNM, OS, AM, FMNH, MAGNT
- Recorded in
- Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, India
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Periophthalmodon is a genus of fish in the family Oxudercidae. It is one of the genera commonly known as mudskippers, found along muddy shores, estuaries and lower reaches of rivers in Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.
==Species== There are currently three species in the genus: Periophthalmodon freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Pug-headed mudskipper) Periophthalmodon schlosseri (Pallas, 1770) (Giant mudskipper) Periophthalmodon septemradiatus (F. Hamilton, 1822)
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