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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Oxudercidae (Mudskippers) > Periophthalminae
Etymology: Periophthalmus: Greek, peri = around + Greek, ophthalmos = eye (Ref. 45335).

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Marine; brackish; demersal. Tropical

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Western Pacific: Andaman Islands, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, the Philippines and Peninsular Malaysia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7050)

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Distinguished by the following characteristics: pelvic frenum lacking or only visible with magnification; membrane uniting medial rays of pelvic fin slight to moderate; D1 height moderate, its margin straight to slightly convex, a brown stripe mesially and many white spots proximally, no elongate spines; D2 with single dusky stripe mesially; dorsal fins not connected by membrane; D 1 with 10-17 spines; longitudinal scale count 62-78; head width 14.2-18,9% SL; pelvic fin length 11.6-14.8% SL; length of anal fin base 15.7-19.3% SL; length ofD2 base 20. 1-22.7% SL; totalD2elements 11-13; total anal fin elements 11-12; TRDB 16-19 (Ref. 5218).

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); An intertidal and amphibious air-breather that actively shuttling back and forth between rock pools and air (Ref. 31184).

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Murdy, E.O., 1989. A taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the oxudercine gobies (Gobiidae: Oxudercinae). Rec. Aust. Mus., Suppl. 11:1-93. (Ref. 5218)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 28 June 2018

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 26.9 - 29.3, mean 28.7 °C (based on 1646 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00336 - 0.01560), b=2.95 (2.76 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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