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Class: Teleostei
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae Mudskippers
Subfamily: Periophthalminae
Genus: Periophthalmus

(See list of species below)


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19 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
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



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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