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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. It is in the goby family Gobiidae. It is named after Charles Darwin because the holotype was collected in Darwin ...
Mudskippers are any of the 23 extant species of amphibious fish from the subfamily Oxudercinae of the goby family Oxudercidae. [2] They are known for their unusual body shapes, preferences for semiaquatic habitats, limited terrestrial locomotion and jumping , and the ability to survive prolonged periods of time both in and out of water.
Boleophthalmus birdsongi, also known as Birdsong's goggle-eyed goby, North Australian great mudskipper (from Chinese: 北澳洲大弹涂鱼), [2] and Birdsong's mudskipper, is a species of mudskipper. [3] It occurs in the mudflats of Northern Territory, Australia. [1]
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.
Periophthalmus kalolo Lesson, 1831 (Common mudskipper) [3] Periophthalmus magnuspinnatus Y. J. Lee, Y. Choi & B. S. Ryu, 1995; Periophthalmus malaccensis Eggert, 1935; Periophthalmus minutus Eggert, 1935 (Minute mudskipper) Periophthalmus modestus Cantor, 1842 (Shuttles mudskipper) Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis Eggert, 1935 (New Guinea ...
Boleophthalmus boddarti, commonly known as Boddart's goggle-eyed goby, is a species of mudskipper native to the Indo-Pacific, and the type species of the genus Boleophthalmus. [ 2 ] In Vietnam, this species is called "Cá Bống Sao", which means "star sky goby".
The common mudskipper (Periophthalmus kalolo) is a species of mudskipper native to marine and brackish waters of the Indo-Pacific from eastern Africa to Samoa. This species can be found in mangrove forests where it spends most of its time out of the water. This species can reach a length of 14.1 centimetres (5.6 in) SL. [1]
Periophthalmus gracilis, the slender mudskipper, known as belacak in Malay, is a species of mudskippers native to marine and brackish waters of the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean where it is an inhabitant of the intertidal zone. Capable of spending time out of water, This species can reach a length of 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in ...