New Guinea mudskipper
| New Guinea mudskipper | |
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| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Superorder: | Acanthopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Gobioidei |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Oxudercinae |
| Genus: | Periophthalmus |
| Species: | P. novaeguineaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis Eggert, 1935 | |
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Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis, the New Guinea mudskipper, 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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