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. It is one of the genera commonly known as mudskippers. Periophthalmus fishes are remarkable for using limited terrestrial locomotion and jumping to live temporarily out of water to feed on insects and small invertebrates. All Periophthalmus species are aggressive and territorial.
Species There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus
Periophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes, 1837 (Barred mudskipper) Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Atlantic mudskipper) Periophthalmus chrysospilos Bleeker, 1852 Periophthalmus darwini Larson & Takita, 2004 (Darwin's mudskipper)Larson, H.K. & Takita, T. (2004): Two New Species of Periophthalmus (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) from Northern Australia, and a re-diagnosis of Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis. The Beagle: Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, 20: 175-185. Periophthalmus gracilis Eggert, 1935 (Graceful mudskipper) Periophthalmus kalolo Lesson, 1831 (Common mudskipper) 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 mudskipper) Periophthalmus novemradiatus (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Pearse's mudskipper) Periophthalmus pusing Jaafar, Polgar & Zamroni, 2016Jaafar, Z., Polgar, G. & Zamroni, Y. (2016): Description of a new species of Periophthalmus (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Lesser Sunda Islands. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 64: 278–283. Periophthalmus spilotus Murdy & Takita, 1999 Periophthalmus takita Jaafar & Larson, 2008 (Takita's mudskipper) Periophthalmus variabilis Eggert, 1935 Periophthalmus walailakae Darumas & Tantichodok, 2002Darumas, U. & Tantichodok, P. (2002): A new species of mudskipper (Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) from southern Thailand. Phuket Marine Biology Center, Research Bulletin No. 64: 101–107. Periophthalmus waltoni Koumans, 1941 (Walton's mudskipper) Periophthalmus weberi Eggert, 1935 (Weber's mudskipper)
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