Periophthalmodon

Periophthalmodon
Giant mudskipper (P. schlosseri)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Subfamily: Oxudercinae
Genus: Periophthalmodon
Bleeker, 1874
Type species
Gobius schlosseri
Pallas, 1770

Periophthalmodon is a genus of fish in the family Oxudercidae. It is one of the genera commonly known as mudskippers, found along muddy shores, estuaries and lower reaches of rivers in Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.[1]

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