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Mudskippers can grow up to 30 cm (12 in) long, and most are a brownish green colour that ranges anywhere from dark to light. During mating seasons, the males will also develop brightly coloured spots in order to attract females, which can be red, green or blue. Unlike other fish, the mudskipper's eyes protrude from the top of its flat head.
Boleophthalmus pectinirostris, commonly known as the great blue spotted mudskipper, is a species of mudskipper native to the north-western Pacific Ocean. It can be found on the coastlines of Japan , eastern China , Sumatra , Malaysia , Taiwan and the Korean Peninsula .
Periophthalmus gracilis, a species of mudskipper, perched on land. Mudskippers are one type of walking fish. A walking fish, or ambulatory fish, is a fish that is able to travel over land for extended periods of time. Some other modes of non-standard fish locomotion include "walking" along the sea floor, for example, in handfish or frogfish.
Similarly to other mudskippers, B. boddarti has moist skin with capillaries near the surface in dermal bulges that allow it to perform cutaneous respiration, although it has been observed to have less mucus-secreting cells than more terrestrial species of mudskipper such as Periophthalmus variabilis, on account of it living primarily in aquatic ...
Periophthalmodon freycineti, the pug-headed mudskipper, is a species of mudskipper from the subfamily Oxudercinae of the gobiiform family Oxudercidae. It distribution extends from the Philippines through eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and northern Queensland . [ 1 ]
Boleophthalmus birdsongi is the only species of its genus to have a lateral line stripe and lack a lower jaw teeth notch. Compared to the only other Boleophthalmus species to occur in Australia, Boleophthalmus caeruleomaculatus, B. birdsongi is lighter in colouration and has less second dorsal fin and anal fin elements. [1]
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The giant mudskipper is highly territorial and aggressive, which they express by mouth gaping, raising their fins, pigment darkening, and chasing. [1] Aside from fighting with their mouths, the giant mudskipper rarely interacts with others of its species and is a solitary animal. [24] A giant mudskipper swimming with its eyes above water.