Barred mudskipper | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Oxudercidae |
Genus: | Periophthalmus |
Species: | P. argentilineatus
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Binomial name | |
Periophthalmus argentilineatus
Valenciennes, 1837
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Synonyms | |
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The barred mudskipper (Periophthalmus argentilineatus) or silverlined mudskipper, is a
species of
mudskippers native to marine, fresh and brackish waters from the
African coast of the
Indian Ocean, to the
Marianas and
Samoa in the western
Pacific Ocean, and from the
Ryukyus south to
Australia. This species occurs in
mangrove forests and
nipa palm stands and can cross surfaces of mud while out of the water. This species can reach a length of 19 centimetres (7.5 in)
TL. It can also be found in the
aquarium trade.
[1]
Parasites of the barred mudskipper include
Acanthocephalan larvae and the small
Opecoelid
Digenean (Opegaster ouemoensis) parasite in the intestine and described from fish collected in
New Caledonia.
[2]
Barred mudskipper | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Oxudercidae |
Genus: | Periophthalmus |
Species: | P. argentilineatus
|
Binomial name | |
Periophthalmus argentilineatus
Valenciennes, 1837
| |
Synonyms | |
|
The barred mudskipper (Periophthalmus argentilineatus) or silverlined mudskipper, is a
species of
mudskippers native to marine, fresh and brackish waters from the
African coast of the
Indian Ocean, to the
Marianas and
Samoa in the western
Pacific Ocean, and from the
Ryukyus south to
Australia. This species occurs in
mangrove forests and
nipa palm stands and can cross surfaces of mud while out of the water. This species can reach a length of 19 centimetres (7.5 in)
TL. It can also be found in the
aquarium trade.
[1]
Parasites of the barred mudskipper include
Acanthocephalan larvae and the small
Opecoelid
Digenean (Opegaster ouemoensis) parasite in the intestine and described from fish collected in
New Caledonia.
[2]