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Mudskippers
Oxudercinae
Mudskippers are amphibious fish, presently included in the subfamily Oxudercinae, within the family Gobiidae (gobies). Recent molecular studies do not support this classification, as oxudercine gobies appear to be paraphyletic relative to amblyopine gobies (Gobiidae: Amblyopinae), thus being included in a distinct "Periophthalmus lineage", together with amblyopines. Mudskippers can be defined as oxudercine gobies that are "fully terrestrial for some portion of the daily cycle" (character 24 in Murdy, 1989). This would define the species of...
10 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 44 known species
Periophthalmus
genusPeriophthalmus
Blue-spotted Mudskippers
genusBoleophthalmus
Giant Mudskippers
genusPeriophthalmodon
Scartelaos
genusScartelaos
Pseudapocryptes
genusPseudapocryptes
Apocryptodon
genusApocryptodon
Apocryptes
genusApocryptes
Oxuderces
genusOxuderces
Parapocryptes
genusParapocryptes
Zappa
genusZappa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 125852.