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Giant Mudskippers
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Giant Mudskippers

Periophthalmodon

Periophthalmodon is a genus of mudskippers found along muddy shores, estuaries and lower reaches of rivers in Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Giant Mudskipper

speciesPeriophthalmodon schlosseri

Pug-headed Mudskipper

speciesPeriophthalmodon freycineti

Asian Dwarf Mudskipper

speciesPeriophthalmodon septemradiatus

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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 90933.