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The Atlantic mudskipper (Periophthalmus barbarus) is a species of mudskipper native to fresh, marine, and brackish waters of the tropical Atlantic coasts of Africa, including most offshore islands. The Greek scientific name Periophthalmus barbarus is named after the eyes that provide the Atlantic mudskipper with a wide field of vision .
Periophthalmus gracilis (from Malaysia to northern Australia) Periophthalmus barbarus (from western Africa) Compared with fully aquatic gobies, these specialised fish present a range of anatomical and ethological adaptations that allow them to move effectively on land as well as in the water.
Periophthalmus (Mud Jumper) is a genus of fish in the family Oxudercidae that is native to coastal mangrove woods and shrubland in the Indo-Pacific region, except for P. barbarus, which lives on the Atlantic coast of Africa.
Periophthalmus darwini, Darwin's mudskipper, is a relatively newly discovered mudskipper in 2004, so little is known about it. It is a brackish water ray-finned fish found in Australia along mud banks never far from mangrove trees.
Atlantic mudskipper (Periophthalmus barbarus) Bath's goby (Pomatoschistus bathi) Canestrini's goby (Pomatoschistus canestrinii) Kner's goby (Pomatoschistus knerii) Lozano's goby (Pomatoschistus lozanoi) Marbled goby (Pomatoschistus marmoratus) Common goby (Pomatoschistus microps) Sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus) Skadar goby (Pomatoschistus ...
Ko Phi Phi, Thailand. The barred mudskipper (Periophthalmus argentilineatus) or silverlined mudskipper, is a species of mudskippers native to marine, fresh and brackish waters from the African coast of the Indian Ocean, to the Marianas and Samoa in the western Pacific Ocean, and from the Ryukyus south to Australia.
n November 1954, 29-year-old Sammy Davis Jr. was driving to Hollywood when a car crash left his eye mangled beyond repair. Doubting his potential as a one-eyed entertainer, the burgeoning performer sought a solution at the same venerable institution where other misfortunate starlets had gone to fill their vacant sockets: Mager & Gougelman, a family-owned business in New York City that has ...
The name Periophthalmodon is derived from Periophthalmus, a visually similar genus under the Oxucerdinae subfamily, and the Latin suffix -odon, which means “toothed”. [ 5 ] The specific name honors the Dutch physician and naturalist Johann Albert Schlosser (1733-1769), who was a friend of Peter Simon Pallas and who received the type from ...