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Family: Oxudercidae Mudskippers



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Apocryptes bato Indian Ocean 26 TL 1822
Apocryptodon madurensis Madura goby Indo-West Pacific 9 TL 1849
Apocryptodon punctatus Northwest Pacific 6.7 SL 1934
Boleophthalmus birdsongi Birdsong's mudskipper Indo-West Pacific 11.1 SL 1989
Boleophthalmus boddarti Boddart's goggle-eyed goby Indo-West Pacific 22 TL 1770
Boleophthalmus caeruleomaculatus Bluespotted mudskipper Known only from Austalia. 16.5 SL 1918
Boleophthalmus dussumieri Indian Ocean 18.7 TL 1837
Boleophthalmus pectinirostris Great blue spotted mudskipper Northwest Pacific 22 1758
Boleophthalmus poti Western Pacific 10.8 SL 2013
Oxuderces dentatus Indo-West Pacific 10 TL 1850
Oxuderces wirzi Wirz's goby Oceania 10.5 SL 1937
Parapocryptes rictuosus Indian Ocean 15 SL 1837
Parapocryptes serperaster Indo-West Pacific 23 TL 1846
Periophthalmodon freycineti Pug-headed mudskipper Western Pacific 25.5 TL 1824
Periophthalmodon schlosseri Giant mudskipper Indo-West Pacific 27 TL 1770
Periophthalmodon septemradiatus Asia 10 SL 1822
Periophthalmus argentilineatus Barred mudskipper Indo-Pacific 19 TL 1837
Periophthalmus barbarus Atlantic mudskipper Africa 14.7 SL 1766
Periophthalmus chrysospilos Eastern Indian Ocean 12.9 SL 1853
Periophthalmus darwini Darwin's mudskipper Oceania 4.6 SL 2004
Periophthalmus gracilis Graceful mudskipper Indo-Pacific 4.5 SL 1935
Periophthalmus kalolo Common mudskipper Indo-Pacific 14.1 SL 1831
Periophthalmus magnuspinnatus Asia 10.3 SL 1995
Periophthalmus malaccensis Western Pacific 9 SL 1935
Periophthalmus minutus Minute mudskipper Western Pacific 7.8 SL 1935
Periophthalmus modestus Shuttles hoppfish Northwest Pacific 10 TL 1842
Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis New Guinea mudskipper Asia and Oceania 8 SL 1935
Periophthalmus novemradiatus Pearse's mudskipper Indian Ocean 10 SL 1822
Periophthalmus pusing Western Pacific 3.5 SL 2016
Periophthalmus spilotus Western Pacific 7.1 SL 1999
Periophthalmus takita Takita's mudskipper Eastern Indian to Western 6.5 SL 2008
Periophthalmus variabilis Western Pacific 7.0 SL 1935
Periophthalmus walailakae Eastern Indian Ocean 12.7 SL 2002
Periophthalmus waltoni Walton's mudskipper Western Indian Ocean 15 TL 1941
Periophthalmus weberi Weber's mudskipper Western Pacific 10 SL 1935
Pseudapocryptes borneensis Asia 12 TL 1855
Pseudapocryptes elongatus Indo-Pacific 20 TL 1816
Scartelaos cantoris Eastern Indian Ocean 11.9 SL 1871
Scartelaos gigas Northwest Pacific 17.2 SL 1963
Scartelaos histophorus Walking goby Indo-West Pacific 14 SL 1837
Scartelaos tenuis Indian Ocean slender mudskipper Western Indian Ocean 15.5 TL 1876
Zappa confluentus Slender mudskipper Asia and Oceania 4.4 SL 1978



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013