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Barred Mudskipper

Periophthalmus argentilineatus

Also known as: Bigfin Mudhopper, Brown Mudskipper, Mudhopper, Mudskipper, Mudskipper Goby, Silverline Mudskipper, Silver-lined Mudskipper, Silverstripe Mudskipper

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Adult
@fishx6 · Arizona Aquarium, United States · September 20191 / 1
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Overview

Found singly, or in schools, zipping about over mud, rubble, and sandy areas of mangroves, and in rock-pools, of the intertidal shoreline, also in freshwater streams. These are air breathing gobies.

These little guys are amphibious air-breathers and use their Pectoral fins to walk on land, they thrive on the shore line where they interact with each other while finding food and shelter.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
bars
Behaviour
breathes airschoolingsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
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Found singly, or in schools, zipping about over mud, rubble, and sandy areas of mangroves, and in rock-pools, of the intertidal shoreline, also in freshwater streams.

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    Taxonomy

    1. familyOxudercidae
    2. genusPeriophthalmus
    3. speciesPeriophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes, 1837

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