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 <small>Valenciennes, 1837</small> (Barred mudskipper)
- Periophthalmus barbarus <small>(Linnaeus, 1766)</small> (Atlantic mudskipper)
- Periophthalmus chrysospilos <small>Bleeker, 1852</small>
- Periophthalmus darwini <small>Larson & Takita, 2004</small> (Darwin's mudskipper)
- Periophthalmus gracilis <small>Eggert, 1935</small> (Graceful mudskipper)
- Periophthalmus kalolo <small>Lesson, 1831</small> (Common mudskipper)
- Periophthalmus magnuspinnatus <small>Y. J. Lee, Y. Choi & B. S. Ryu, 1995</small>
- Periophthalmus malaccensis <small>Eggert, 1935</small>
- Periophthalmus minutus <small>Eggert, 1935</small> (Minute mudskipper)
- Periophthalmus modestus <small>Cantor, 1842</small> (Shuttles mudskipper)
- Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis <small>Eggert, 1935</small> (New Guinea mudskipper)
- Periophthalmus novemradiatus <small>(F. Hamilton, 1822)</small> (Pearse's mudskipper)
- Periophthalmus pusing <small>Jaafar, Polgar & Zamroni, 2016</small>
- Periophthalmus spilotus <small>Murdy & Takita, 1999</small>
- Periophthalmus takita <small>Jaafar & Larson, 2008</small> (Takita's mudskipper)
- Periophthalmus variabilis <small>Eggert, 1935</small>
- Periophthalmus walailakae <small>Darumas & Tantichodok, 2002</small>
- Periophthalmus waltoni <small>Koumans, 1941</small> (Walton's mudskipper)
- Periophthalmus weberi <small>Eggert, 1935</small> (Weber's mudskipper)
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