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Periophthalmus
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Periophthalmus

Periophthalmus is a genus of fish in the family Gobiidae, commonly known as mudskippers native to the mangrove forests along the coasts of Africa, India and Southern Asia. All species under the genus are aggressive and territorial.

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20 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 20 known species

Barred Mudskipper

speciesPeriophthalmus argentilineatus

Shuttles Hoppfish

speciesPeriophthalmus modestus

Gold-spotted Mudskipper

speciesPeriophthalmus chrysospilos

Atlantic Mudskipper

speciesPeriophthalmus barbarus

Yellow-spotted Mudskipper

speciesPeriophthalmus walailakae

Dusky-gilled Mudskipper

speciesPeriophthalmus variabilis

Periophthalmus magnuspinnatus

speciesPeriophthalmus magnuspinnatus

Slender Mudskipper

speciesPeriophthalmus gracilis

Common Mudskipper

speciesPeriophthalmus kalolo

Pearse's Mudskipper

speciesPeriophthalmus novemradiatus

Walton's Mudskipper

speciesPeriophthalmus waltoni

Takita's Mudskipper

speciesPeriophthalmus takita

Darwin's Mudskipper

speciesPeriophthalmus darwini

Minute Mudskipper

speciesPeriophthalmus minutus

New Guinea Mudskipper

speciesPeriophthalmus novaeguineaensis

Weber's Mudskipper

speciesPeriophthalmus weberi

Periophthalmus malaccensis

speciesPeriophthalmus malaccensis

Periophthalmus spilotus

speciesPeriophthalmus spilotus

Periophthalmus kallopterus

speciesPeriophthalmus kallopterus

Periophthalmus pusing

speciesPeriophthalmus pusing

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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 67837.