New Guinea mudskipper
New Guinea mudskipper | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Oxudercidae |
Genus: | Periophthalmus |
Species: | P. novaeguineaensis
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Binomial name | |
Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis , 1935
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Synonyms | |
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]
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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Categories:
- Periophthalmus
- Fish of Indonesia
- Fish of New Guinea
- Marine fish of Northern Australia
- Fish described in 1935
- Gobiidae stubs