New Guinea mudskipper

The New Guinea mudskipper (Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis) is a species of mudskippers native to fresh and brackish waters along the coasts of Australia and Indonesia. This species occurs in estuaries and tidal creeks as well as mangrove forests and nipa palm stands This species can reach a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) SL.[1]

New Guinea mudskipper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Periophthalmus
Species:
P. novaeguineaensis
Binomial name
Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis
Eggert, 1935
Synonyms
  • Periophthalmus cantonensis novaeguineaensis Eggert, 1935
  • Periophthalmus expeditionium Whitley, 1953
  • Periophthalmus murdyi Larson & Takita, 2004

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis" in FishBase. June 2013 version.


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